In this CDFA webcast, our expert panelists including Peter Joseph of IIUSA, Mariza McKee with Kutak Rock, and Kraig Schwigen with CMB Regional Centers present on the impact being made by EB-5 in California, key rules and regulations, and...

Gabriel Hidalgo with Civitas Capital Group discusses the EB-5 program and the City of Dallas Regional Center and gives an overview of the NYLO South Dallas Hotel case study.

This resource from the Public-Private Partnership Alliance focuses on the EB-5 Visa program and potential to access capital for public-private projects in targeted employment areas.

Toby Rittner with CDFA explores the full spectrum of development finance tools, trends in the use of specific tools, bedrock vs. targeted tools, and much more from the development finance toolbox.

This guide from Bricker & Eckler and Argus Growth Consultants outlines the array of tools with which Ohio economic development practitioners can stimulate development to occur in their communities.

Brookings Institute proposes a number of suggestions for a reconsidered EB-5 regional center program to help federal policy makers strengthen the utility of this development finance tool and better accomplish the central goal of the program.

The Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General audit of USCIS' EB-5 Regional Center Program provides an assessment of laws and regulations, foreign investments and job creation, program integrity, recommendations and more.

A few of EB-5 New York State Regional Center's successful deals are highlighted in this presentation by President Bill Gresser. He provides an overview of the program and delves into its benefits, structure and how the regional centers are involved.

IIUSA developed a list of best practices to provide comprehensive guidance to regional centers seeking to conduct business in a manner that will foster growth and success of the EB-5 program.

This resource contains all USCIS EB-5 training materials through May 2011, as released to IIUSA through a FOIA request. Prepared by Karla Creech at Cornell Law School, the training materials contain nearly 800 pages of comprehensive information on...

Blank petition by entrepreneur to remove conditions (form I-829) from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Blank application for Regional Center under the Immigrant Investor Pilot Program (form I-924) from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Blank supplement to form I-924 (form I-924A) from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

This document contains critical application and petition forms related to the EB-5 program including: I-526, I-485, DS-230, I-829, I-924 and I-924A.

The American Immigration Lawyers Association published this comprehensive list of abbreviations and acronyms that apply to immigration law and the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program.

Blank application for immigrant visa and alien registration (form DS-230) from the U.S. Department of State.

Blank application to register permanent residence or adjust status (form I-485) from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Blank immigrant petition by alien entrepreneur (form I-526) from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Moderator Peter Joseph with IIUSA leads a session featuring the country's EB-5 experts as they showcase recent deals, finding investors, immigration process, and proving job creation & exit strategies.

Steve Polivy with Akerman gave a brief presentation covering the basic features of the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program to the Urban Land Institute Young Leaders Group. In the presentation, Polivy describes the essential functions of a regional...

This study by the Carlson Consulting Enterprise explores how Minnesota can best leverage the federal EB-5 Program to drive employment in the state. Basics of EB-5, detailed processes of the program, historical data, assessment, models and projects,...

Daniel McRae of Seyfarth Shaw provides information on the resources which are available for energy projects throughout the country including bonds, tax credits, public-private partnerships, EB-5, and much more. McRae explains the benefits of...

The California Financial Opportunities Roundtable (CalFOR) created this document encompassing all the access to capital financing tools available in California. CalFOR identified opportunities and developed recommendations for leveraging existing...

City of Dallas Office of Economic Development provides a variety of development finance tools to businesses and developers in the Dallas area to support new, expanding and relocating businesses or development.

Cleveland International Fund created an easy, informative graphic which outlines the general steps for the EB-5 immigration and investment process from potential investor to receiving a permanent green card.

The recent economic environment has made hotel development difficult. Now, many deals are being financed with creative uses of funds, including bonds, tax credits, and EB-5. This webcast, DJ Effler of Bellwether Enterprise, Laura Radcliff of Stifel...

Anyone who has financed a new hotel in the recent economic environment knows that assembling a viable financing package is very difficult. But, we are beginning to see new hotels, from Portland, Oregon to Columbus, Ohio to New York City, rise and...

The Association to Invest In USA released a variety of data sets and graphs to analyze the EB-5 Visa program. Statistics were gathered from 2006-2012.

Toby Rittner with the Council of Development Finance Agencies describes a variety of federal financing programs affecting the reshored manufacturing movement.

Report published by the U.S. Department of Commerce intended as a guide to Federal level resources available for investors in the United States. Summaries are provided for each program.

Julie Ferguson with Carlton Fields discusses EB-5 Investor Visa as an option for financing projects. The presentation provides an overview of the EB-5 program.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published this guidance memorandum intended to facilitate adjunction of cases involving issues related to the "tenant-occupancy" methodology for establishing job creation in EB-5 cases.

Toby Rittner, President & CEO Council of Development Finance Agencies, discusses CDFA, development finance trends, best practices, case studies, and a wide variety of development finance programs.

IIUSA published this report by Lincoln Stone covering trends in new EB-5 regional centers over the course of the program. The report covers applications, timing, geography, and more.

This handbook from the California Financial Opportunities Roundtable covers a wide range of access to capital-related programs and services available throughout the state, including loan programs, bonds, innovation finance.

This overview of development finance tools available in New York City is presented by Jonathan Gouveia of NYCEDC.

This presentation provides a thorough discussion of the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program by Angelique Brunner of EB5 Capital, Robert Divine of Baker Donelson, Peter Joseph of IIUSA, and Jennifer Moseley of Burr and Forman.

Business Oregon produced this summary of the EB-5 immigrant investor visa program, with an emphasis on how the state identifies targeted employment areas for $500K investments.

This article by James R. Butler Jr. of Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell discusses a potential complication for EB-5 financing of hotel projects, which is addressed through a report by Catherine Holmes and Victor Shum.

Project finance, the CDFA Policy Agenda, the EB-5 visa program, and a number of other development finance tools are covered in Development Finance Perspectives, Issue 1 | 2012. The cover of the issue features photos of projects from CDFA members....

The Immigrant Investor Program, or EB-5, is addressed in this feature article from Toby Rittner, CDFA President & CEO, for Development Finance Perspectives, Issue 1 | 2012. The article overviews the program and discusses EB-5's value as a gap...

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is the agency responsible for administering the EB-5 investor visa program. This presentation by the agency documents trends in Regional Center creation and visa approvals through first quarter...

This document produced by Miller Mayer provides a flowchart for how an individual investor uses the EB-5 investment process to obtain a permanent US visa.

This presentation by the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development, demonstrates how Vermont's Regional Center, the only state-wide, state-run Regional Center in the country, has used EB-5 investments to upgrade the Jay Peak Resort.

This presentation by Kosmont Companies, California Golden Fund, Global Law Group, and CRA/LA gives an overview of the EB-5 program, which provides qualified foreign investors with visas. The presentation includes several examples of projects funded...

You may have heard about EB-5, the investment program that connects foreign investors to qualified U.S. economic development projects in exchange for residency. These investments are tied to jobs, and certain requirements must be met in order to use...

This document is a promotional flyer for the public-operated Vermont Regional Center which administers EB-5 investment capital.

This article from EB5info.com discusses when EB-5 investments can count indirect and induced jobs as qualifiers for visas.

This paper argues for a redefinition of the Targeted Employment Area (TEA) to allow for a more predictable environment for EB-5 investors.

This presentation by Ivener and Fullmer provides an overview of the EB-5 program.