E-2	Regional Center EB-5	Individual EB-5
Amount of investment	Any amt., but usually over $100,000	Usually $500,000	$500,000 or $1,000,000
Must Create Jobs?	Can be small	Pre-approved	10
Investors' Employment	Mgr. or essential skills, unless investor	N/A	Policy making
Timing	1-2 mos. or more	2-6 mos. + adjustment	> 6 mos. + adjustment
Procedure	Can go direct to consul	CIS, then consul or I485	CIS, then consul or I485
Can your spouse work?	Yes	3 mos. after I485	3 mos. after I485
Permanent Residence	c/b EB-1 after 1 yr.	Start now	Start now
Can family/investor attend school?	Yes	In-state tuition sooner	In-state tuition sooner
Employment authorization	Immediate	> 5 mos.	Usually > 9 mos.
Can investment be a gift?	c/b problem	Yes	Yes
Can investment funds be a loan?	Enterprise cannot be collateral	Enterprise cannot be collateral	Enterprise cannot be collateral
Expedite	Depends on consul or premium process	Yes	No
Relevance of country	Only Treaty country	Source of funds issue	Source of funds issue
Necessity of overseas company	No	No	No
Buying existing company	OK	No	Requires Reorg. or 40% expansion
Geographical area	Any	Rural/high unemployment	$1,000,000: Any $500,000: Rural/high unemployment
Prior employment overseas required?	No	No	No
Initial length of visa	Up to 5 years	2 year conditional permanent residence, then permanent residence	2 year conditional permanent residence, then permanent residence
Maximum period	Unlimited extensions available	Permanent	Permanent

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