Foreign EB-5 Escrowed Accounts

Use of foreign escrow accounts however is not prohibited as long as the petition establishes that it is more likely than not that the minimum qualifying capital investment will be transferred to the new commercial enterprise in the United States upon the investor obtaining conditional lawful permanent resident status. At the Form I-829 stage, USCIS will require evidence verifying that the escrowed funds were released and that the investment was sustained in the new commercial enterprise.

Taken directly from U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s EB-5 Adjudications Policy Memorandum on May 30, 2013.