EB-5 Regional Center Economic Development Program Hits Historic High

IIUSA celebrates more capital investment available for job-creating projects than ever before

PR Newswire

CHICAGO, Feb. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Association to Invest In the USA (IIUSA), the trade association for the EB-5 Regional Center Investment Pilot Program, today celebrates a new historic high in Program utilization for the first quarter of FY2012. US Citizenship and Immigration Services recently reported 2,364 EB-5 visas issued in the first three months of the current federal fiscal year (1). This equates to at least 10,000 new jobs for American workers. At this pace, the 2012 Program will come close to using its 10,000 annual visa allocation for the first time since the Program's inception in 1994. 10,000 EB-5 Visas would mean at least 40,000 new jobs for US workers.
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