Immigration
United States.
A Green Card, Earned by Building Something.
EB-5 has run since 1990 and asks nothing about your education or your CV. It asks for USD 800,000 in a targeted employment area, ten American jobs, your hands on the business — and six months a year of your life in the country.
Since 1990. Capital for a Country's Jobs.
EB-5 is a bargain struck plainly: invest in an American commercial enterprise, create at least 10 American jobs, run the thing, and you and your family receive Green Cards. No language test, no points score, no interview about your degree.
Green Cards, Then Citizenship
Live, study and work anywhere in the United States, with citizenship available after five years of residence.
Spouse and Children Under 21
The principal applicant carries a spouse and unmarried children up to the age of 21 on the same petition.
No Education or Experience Test
The program asks nothing about business experience, qualifications or skills — unusually, among routes at this level.
Travel on the Card, Then the Passport
Green Card holders travel visa-free to Canada and Mexico; a US passport reaches over 170 countries.
The Largest Economy There Is
Room for a business to expand, and the deepest capital markets and customer base available anywhere.
Healthcare and Education
Access to American public education, and to a healthcare system with the best of it at the top.
Direct, or Through a Regional Center
Over 640 Regional Centers hold USCIS pre-approval, which is the alternative to standing up an enterprise yourself.
Conditional First, Permanent at Two Years
The first card runs two years with conditions attached; an I-829 petition then removes them.
This One Asks for Your Time, Not Only Your Capital
Six months a year in the country, and your hands on the business. The principal applicant must physically reside in the United States for at least 6 months a year to maintain the visa, and must actively manage the enterprise's day-to-day activities or its policy formulation. Read alongside "live, study, or work anywhere in the USA", that can sound optional. It is a condition of holding the visa, and it is what separates EB-5 from the golden visas — several of which ask for no presence at all.
The first Green Card is conditional. Approval of the I-526E petition leads to a two-year conditional card. Permanent residence comes only after those two years, once an I-829 petition has been filed and the conditions removed. Plan on the full arc rather than the first approval.
Three Petitions, One Panel
EB-5 runs on three filings over several years — I-526E, I-485, I-829 — and each one reaches back into the same evidence. The Bayat Group panel keeps that file in one place, guided by Pathinnova AI and reviewed by our immigration attorneys.
Two Thresholds. Where You Invest Decides Which.
A targeted employment area — rural, or high unemployment — takes the threshold down by a quarter of a million dollars. Everything on this sheet is in US dollars, so unlike Greece or Portugal it does add up to one figure.
Non-binding estimate
Both routes require at least 10 jobs created and active management of the enterprise by the investor.
The I-485 petition costs USD 1,225 a person but USD 750 for an applicant under fourteen. The principal applicant is never one of them, so this caps at one below the household size.
A rural region, or an area with high unemployment. The lower threshold exists to direct capital where it is most needed.
One currency throughout, so these do add up — but read the note before treating the total as a price.
The administrative fee is published as "US$ 70,000+" — an open-ended minimum, and the largest fee line here by a wide margin. Anything built on it is a floor rather than a quote, so the totals say so. The actual figure depends on the project and the Regional Center, and is one of the first things we establish for you.
The qualifying investment is at risk by design — EB-5 requires it, and a guaranteed return would disqualify the application. Where the investment is made through a Regional Center, the partnership agreement governs what happens on a petition denial, and reading it is the part of this process that most repays care. The source writes the standard threshold as "US$ 1,05 million", which is a comma where a decimal point belongs; it is rendered here as USD 1,050,000. Health insurance is published without a per-person marker where biometrics carries one, so it is charged once — worth confirming. Targeted employment area designations are periodically redrawn, so a project qualifying today may not later. Legal and professional fees are additional to the schedule above. Figures are indicative, non-binding, and confirmed during due diligence.
Six Steps and Three Petitions
Select a step to see what happens — and note that the card issued at step five is conditional, and step six is what makes it permanent.
Internal Due Diligence and Qualification Assessment
Bayat Group's compliance team conducts an internal due diligence check — a background security screening of the applicant, preparation of KYC (Know Your Client) documentation, and a qualification assessment against the program's requirements.
Talk It Through. Then Begin.
Our concierge answers your EB-5 questions in minutes — including the two that matter most, which are where your funds came from and which project you back. When you are ready it opens your application where the conversation ends.
Sending opens your secure Bayat Group account, where an advisor picks the thread up.
Assessed against your own circumstances, in about five minutes.
- It asks about your circumstances, not your paperwork
- It names the trade-offs before you commit to a route
- It ends with the programs you actually qualify for
A scripted example. Your own assessment is private, and takes about five minutes.
Assessment
An adviser that reads your circumstances, then the rulebook.
40+ official programs, each with its own arithmetic. The assessment maps those rules to your situation in a short conversation and tells you where you actually stand.
- It asks about you, not about paperworkWhere your family is going, what your work needs, what you would not give up. Navigating the rules is our business, not your burden.
- Clear, unbiased reasoningWhen options pull in different directions, it calls out the compromise, detailing what each path costs you before you decide.
- A shortlist tailored to youNo generic marketing. Just the programs your profile actually unlocks, with realistic timelines and capital commitments.
Step one of three
Where should we send your code?
One address, one five-digit code. No password to invent, and nothing sent to you that you did not ask for.
Step two of three
Check your email
We sent a 5-digit code to . It expires shortly, so it is worth doing now.
Setting up your assessment…
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