To support the increasing popularity of the Regional Center program, USCIS recently released statistics on EB-5 applications: ·There are currently 125 approved Regional Centers (RCs), operating in 36 states, including the District of Columbia and Guam.

China's richest are increasingly investing abroad to get a foreign passport, to make international business and travel easier but also to give them a way out of China.

The EB-5 investor (and his or her derivative family members) is granted conditional permanent residence for a two-year period upon the approval of the I-485 application or upon entry into the United States with an EB-5 immigrant visa.

Events DC on Thursday launched its recruitment efforts for a job training program aimed at preparing 600 District residents for positions at the Marriott Marquis convention center hotel that is slated to open next year.