First, I strongly recommend that you retain the services of an experienced EB-5 immigration attorney to guide you through this process and to be able to answer all your questions immediately. Second, the L1 U.S. business may be established as a new commercial enterprise which might form the basis for an EB-5 direct investment. Please note that you as the investor will have to personally invest the required EB-5 investment amount from your personal funds into the new commercial enterprise which may be the L1 subsidiary business. Under certain EB-5 compliant infrastructures you may be able to pursue the EB-5 process on the basis of first investing the personal funds in L-1 U.S. business.