What are the criteria for an EB-5 direct investment?
Does the EB-5 direct investment option require that you establish a new business from scratch (i.e. start-up) or can you purchase an existing business with a view to expansion via additional capital investment, for example, to meet the job creation criteria? How is the initial investment assessed, and what criteria is applied, to qualify as an EB-5?
The personal funds can be invested in a new enterprise or an existing business. For each investor there has to be the creation of 10 new full time jobs who are U.S.citizens or permanent residents.