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Investor immigration

Capital-based residence routes.

IMM-13 · 01

The EB-5 Investor Route: Capital, Job Creation, and Regional Centres

8 MIN · IMM

An EB-5 case is an evidence problem before it is an investment. This brief sets out what the capital must do, how jobs are counted, and what the 2022 Reform and Integrity Act changed.

  • EB-5 requires capital invested in a new commercial enterprise that creates at least ten full-time positions for qualifying employees.
  • The 2022 Reform and Integrity Act set standard and targeted-employment-area investment tiers and reserved visas for rural, high-unemployment, and infrastructure projects.
  • Lawful source and path of funds is the most document-intensive element and the most common reason petitions draw extended review.
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IMM-14 · 02

The Diversity Visa Lottery: Entry, Selection, and the Fiscal-Year Deadline

7 MIN · IMM

Selection in the diversity lottery is permission to apply, not a visa. This brief works the registration rules, the rank-number system, and the hard September deadline that ends unfinished cases.

  • The diversity visa is an annual registration with random computer selection from qualifying entries; there is no fee to register on the official site.
  • Selection is not a visa and confers no status, no travel right, and no work authorisation — it only permits an application to proceed.
  • Selectees receive a rank number that must become current in the monthly bulletin before a case can be scheduled or decided.
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