EB-5 is an abbreviation for the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services’ 5th category of Employment Based visas, also known as the Immigrant Investor Program.

The EB-5 Program grants Green Cards to foreign nationals who make an investment that meets certain requirements set forth by the U.S.C.I.S., giving investors and their immediate families the opportunity to LIVE in the United States of America and apply for citizenship after holding a Green Card for only five years.

TEAs are important because they accomplish two things:

• They allow an investor to start their EB-5 Visa Program journey with $500,000 instead of the usual $1,000,000 dollars.
• It helps the targeted employment area’s economy by creating jobs and tax revenue that the area wouldn’t normally generate on its own.

Most investors wanting to immigrate to the U.S. through the EB-5 visa program usually have to invest $1,000,000 dollars. However, it is possible to immigrate to the U.S. through the EB-5 program with only an investment of $500,000 dollars. The reason investors are able to do this is that the project is located within a targeted employment area, or TEA.

EB-5 Florida Real Estate Regional Center is a U.S.C.I.S. approved Regional Center in Central Florida specializing in equity real estate investments.

Regional Center status removes another variable from the EB-5 process. Approved Regional Center projects have already been reviewed by the USCIS and approved for EB-5 investments, so denial of the visa only occurs if the funds cannot be verified as being from a legal source or if the applicant is a criminal or terrorist.