According to World Journal, the U.S. Visa Office's updated Report of the Visa Office 2014 shows that the U.S. was given 10,692 EB-5 investment visas in total in 2014. Among the EB-5 visas, China covers 9,128 - a rate of 85%.
According to the last year's report, China received 32,825 U.S. immigration visas, and in the new Report of the Visa Office 2014, China received 36,138 the U.S. immigration visas - a growth rate of 12%. The report from the U.S. Visa Office is based on statistics from October 1, 2013 to September 30, 2014. The data from the report point out that among the U.S. visa offices worldwide in 2014 fiscal year, the top three consulates of the U.S. are Ciudad Juarez of Mexico, sending out 57,764 visas, Santo Domingo of Dominican Republic, sending out 37,146 visas, and Guangzhou of China, sending out 35,347 visas, respectively.
The report also mentions that investment immigrants who receive visas through regional center programs reach 10, 375 with the rate of 97% and visas through direct investment programs reach 316 with the rate of 3%. Among the 316 visas, 161 visas invest $1 million, covering 51%, and the rest of 155 visas invest $500,000, covering 49%.
In terms of investment amount, 162 visas invest $1 million, only covering 1.5% and 10,530 visas invest $500,000, covering 98.5%.
Association to Invest in USA (IIUSA) points out that the EB-5 immigrants contributed to U.S.' economy about $3 billion last year. But there are many issues of EB-5 programs. Because more than 80% applicants are Chinese investors, Chinese investors often become the target of fraud group. For example, A Chicago Convention Center (ACCC) fraud caused 290 Chinese investors suffered.
Industry experts suggest investors currently it is the gold application period for EB-5 investment immigration projects. The best way is to select the safe and fast investment immigration projects as soon as possible to seize the visa quota.