• General
  • Who is eligible to receive immigration benefits from my EB-5 investment?
  • How does EB-5 work when investing through a Regional Center?
  • What is EB-5?
  • What are the protections and guarantees in Behring Regional Center EB-5 projects?
  • Can I travel outside the US for extended periods after I get my green card?
  • Can I include my family members on my EB-5 visa petition?
  • When can I apply for US citizenship?
  • How long will it take to fill all 57 investor spots for the Graduate?
  • Can someone take an equity position in the Graduate or any of our other EB-5 projects?
  • Does the conditional green card have any limitations?
  • Does EB-5 allow me to stay in the country while waiting for my green card? What happens if my EB-2 status is revoked while waiting for EB-5?
  • Can you increase the number of investor spots for the Graduate beyond 57 investors?
  • What are the chances that changes in EB-5 law could be retroactively applied?
  • Can you be on other family-based visas while waiting for EB-5?
  • Is EB-5 a passive investment?
  • How long must I remain in the U.S. each year?
  • What is a reentry permit?
  • Can adopted children immigrate with me on EB-5?
• Requirements
  • What is a New Commercial Enterprise?
  • Are there any nationality restrictions for EB-5 applicants?
  • USCIS requires EB-5 investments to be “at-risk”, so how do your projects have guarantees?
  • What are the EB-5 Investment Requirements?
  • Can I apply if I've been rejected or terminated in the past by USCIS for a different visa application?
  • May two or more investors qualify for immigration based upon a pooled investment in a single business?
  • What is the I-526 Petition?
  • What is the USCIS background check?
  • What Can Disqualify an Investor from Participating in the EB-5 Program?
  • What is an I-829 Petition?
  • What is a I-485 Petition
• Accredited Investor
  • Do I need to be an Accredited Investor to Participate in EB-5?
  • Can the Behring team help me determine if I am an accredited investor?
  • Can you explain the accredited investor requirement?
  • How do you calculate Net Worth?
• Cost
  • How much are EB-5 lawyer fees?
  • Who does the $500,000 investment go to? What is Berkeley Regional Center’s (BRC) role in the EB-5 deal?
  • How much does EB-5 cost?
  • Are your regional center fees considered registered capital?
  • What is the minimum investment for EB-5?
• Partial Payments
  • Must the entire amount be invested at the time of applying for an EB-5 visa?
  • Can I make a partial payment of my $800,000 investment to get started?
• Source of Funds
  • Can I use a loan for EB-5?
  • What documents need to be translated when filing the I-526 petition?
  • Can I Use a Gift for EB-5?
  • Can I Use 401(k) funds for EB-5 investment?
  • How do you document and track the EB-5 investment source of funds?
  • I don't have $800K in cash. What are my options?
  • What is the Source of Funds Report?
  • 5 Things EB-5 Investors Can Do Preparing for Their Source of Funds Report
• Process
  • What is Consular Processing?
  • What is the EB-5 Application Process?
  • What is the process and when do I expect to get my investment back? How many investors have received money back from Behring?
• Time
  • How long does it take to get a greencard with EB-5?
  • What is the approximate time to get a conditional green card today?
  • When DOES construction start and finish for the Graduate?
• Regional Center
  • How many of your EB-5 projects are exemplar approved?
  • What does it mean that Berkeley Regional Center Fund has 100% approval on adjudicated I-526s? What about non-adjudicated I-526s?
  • What is an EB-5 Regional Center?
• Targeted Employment Area
  • How does the Project qualify as a TEA?
  • What is a Target Employment Area
• Job Creation
  • How are jobs created through EB-5 investment?
  • When do my jobs need to be created for my conditional green card? Do the jobs have to be created during my conditional green card period?
  • How do you determine the number of investors for a project? How do you find investors? What happens if you don’t fill all the investor spots on a project?
  • How do you verify the identity and 10 jobs created for my green card? Why do developers want to use funds from EB-5 investors?
  • Do I still get credit for the jobs if I contribute my investment after the jobs were created?
  • The USCIS website says that I need to create jobs during my 2-year conditional period. Do I get credit for the 600 jobs that are already created on the project?
  • What Are the Job Creation Requirements for EB-5?
  • How do jobs qualify for projects that are already under construction?
• Risk
  • Does the loan-style EB-5 investment have loan insurance? What protections does the loan have?
  • What if the developer goes bankrupt?
  • What is the risk of the developer not completing construction of the project?
• Denial
  • What can cause an I-829 denial?
  • What happens if the I-829 is denied? What is the appeal process?
• Retrogression
  • What is visa retrogression?
  • What is the risk of my child aging out? How does retrogression impact my children at risk of aging out?
  • What phase of the EB-5 process is impacted by Retrogression?
  • How does retrogression impact my investment timeline?
• EB-2 / EB-3
  • Can I apply for EB-5 if I have an H-1B visa?
  • Can my spouse stay on EB-2 while I file EB-5?
  • What happens to your EB-2 when you file an adjustment of status for your EB-5?
  • Can we withdraw from EB-5 project if we receive a green card on EB-2 prior to EB-5?
  • Will EB-2 or EB-5 be faster to get my green card?
  • Can I change from H1-B to EB-5?
• Developer
  • Does EB-5 work for my project?