The EB-5 Investor is required to:
1. Invest a minimum of $1 million, unless the investment is in a Targeted Employment area. The EB-5 applicant may invest a reduced amount of $500,000 in a designated Targeted Employment area. Regional Centers help investors take advantage of this opportunity.
2. Create at least 10 full time U.S.-based jobs. If the investment is not in an approved regional center the jobs must be directly created by the entity in which the investor is investing.
3. Provide evidentiary proof that the source of investment funds were legally obtained.
4. Prove the investment is “at risk”.
5. Qualify as an accredited investor.
Definition of Accredited Investor:
According to the SEC (U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission), the federal securities laws define the term accredited investor in Rule 501 of Regulation D as:
— A natural person who has individual net worth, or joint net worth with the person’s spouse, that exceeds $1 million at the time of the purchase; or
— A natural person with income exceeding $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with a spouse exceeding $300,000 for those years and a reasonable expectation of the same income level in the current year. *
* http://www.sec.gov/answers/accred.htm
