Yesterday I was at the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) EB-5 Conference in San Francisco. Many of the areas of discussion will be important to those of you presently looking into the EB-5 regional center visa route and over the next few days I will highlight those topics which will have a bearing on your decision.

One point covered several times was concern with the sheer number of regional centers being approved by USCIS and the potential consequences for you as an immigrant investor faced with these choices. If you make the wrong decision you face not only losing your permanent resident status after two years, but also your $500,000 or in some cases $1,000,000 investment.

It was clear from talking to Government officials and Attorneys at the Conference that certain types of programs have potentially concerning attributes (in a number of ways), whereas others seem to offer a simpler, some might say safer, route. Over the next week I will cover these issues for you, as well as update you on the regional centers in California I am visiting this week.