EB-5 Program definition

EB-5 Program means the EB-5 program administered by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
EB-5 Program means the EB-5 immigrant investor program adopted by the U.S. Congress.
EB-5 Program means the employment based fifth preference immigrant investor program established by Congress in 1990 pursuant to Section 203(b)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Examples of EB-5 Program in a sentence

  • Annie Anjung Lin, Splitting the EB-5 Program: A Proposal for Employment-Based Immigration Reform to Better Target Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Investors, 18 CHAP.

  • Congress established the EB-5 Program in 1990 to bring new investment capital into the country and to create new jobs for U.S. workers.

  • Congress created the EB-5 Program to promote immigrants’ investment of capital into new commercial enterprises in the United States so that new jobs will be created for U.S. workers.

  • As discussed fully below, the EB-5 Program provides that each investment of the required amount of capital in a new commercial enterprise must result in the creation of at least ten jobs.

  • The EB-5 Program requires that the immigrant investor invest the required amount of capital in a new commercial enterprise in the United States that “will create full-time positions for not fewer than 10 qualifying employees.” 8 C.F.R. § 204.6(j).


More Definitions of EB-5 Program

EB-5 Program is defined in Section 2.1(d).
EB-5 Program means the program administered by USCIS within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security primarily under Immigration and Nationality Act sections 203(b)(5) and 216A and Code of Federal Regulations volume 8 sections 205.6 and 216.6.
EB-5 Program has the meaning set forth in the definition of Development Financing.
EB-5 Program as defined in CanAm Financing.
EB-5 Program means that certain program designated specifically to serve non-U.S. citizens seeing to immigrate to and receive legal permanent residency through the employment-based fifth preference category in the United States by making a qualifying direct investment, as such term is defined in 8 CFR. § 204.6.
EB-5 Program means the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program under Section 203(b)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1153(b)(5).
EB-5 Program is defined in the Recitals.