The Amount of Capital That Must be Invested

The statute governing the EB-5 Program provides that the immigrant investor must invest $1,000,000 in capital in a new commercial enterprise that creates not fewer than ten jobs. As discussed above, this means that the present fair market value, in United States dollars, of the immigrant investor’s lawfully-derived capital must be $1,000,000.

An exception exists if the immigrant investor invests his or her capital in a new commercial enterprise that is principally doing business in, and creates jobs in, a “targeted employment area.” In such a case, the immigrant investor must invest a minimum of only $900,000 in capital.

Taken from USCIS Policy Memorandum regarding EB-5 Adjudications Policy on November 9, 2011.