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U.S. EB-5 Investor Visas by Nationality

EB-5 immigrant visas and green-card numbers used each U.S. fiscal year, investors and families, by country of chargeability: the six largest in the latest year

China: 9,547 in 2024the highest in data back to 2015+1,391 since 2015

4 of 6 series are above their level a year earlier·4 of 6 are at a five-year high

Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where the data set a record or moved most.

China · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 3 years

Vietnam · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 3 years

India · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 3 years

Taiwan · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 3 years

Continuation isn't available for South Korea: Charts project up to 4 series.

Continuation isn't available for Brazil: Charts project up to 4 series.

Dashed: the projection from the latest reading. A projection, not a promise.

U.S. Department of State, Report of the Visa Office, Table V (public domain): numbers used under the fifth employment preference, visas issued abroad plus adjustments of status inside the United States, investors and families together. Chargeability is usually country of birth.

Who receives America's investor green-card visas abroad, by nationality, from the State Department's annual Report of the Visa Office.

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EB-5 Investor Visas: China (U.S. State Dept). Source: U.S. Department of State, Report of the Visa Office, Table V Part 3 (fifth employment preference, "5th Total" column), fiscal years 2015 onward, https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics/annual-reports.html. Public domain; citation of the Bureau of Consular Affairs appreciated. Kept in the investment_migration_people table (one row per value, with the document and table it came from) and written to this series; a new edition lands as a migration.

EB-5 Investor Visas: Vietnam (U.S. State Dept). Source: U.S. Department of State, Report of the Visa Office, Table V Part 3 (fifth employment preference, "5th Total" column), fiscal years 2015 onward, https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics/annual-reports.html. Public domain; citation of the Bureau of Consular Affairs appreciated. Kept in the investment_migration_people table (one row per value, with the document and table it came from) and written to this series; a new edition lands as a migration.

EB-5 Investor Visas: India (U.S. State Dept). Source: U.S. Department of State, Report of the Visa Office, Table V Part 3 (fifth employment preference, "5th Total" column), fiscal years 2015 onward, https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics/annual-reports.html. Public domain; citation of the Bureau of Consular Affairs appreciated. Kept in the investment_migration_people table (one row per value, with the document and table it came from) and written to this series; a new edition lands as a migration.

EB-5 Investor Visas: Taiwan (U.S. State Dept). Source: U.S. Department of State, Report of the Visa Office, Table V Part 3 (fifth employment preference, "5th Total" column), fiscal years 2015 onward, https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics/annual-reports.html. Public domain; citation of the Bureau of Consular Affairs appreciated. Kept in the investment_migration_people table (one row per value, with the document and table it came from) and written to this series; a new edition lands as a migration.

EB-5 Investor Visas: South Korea (U.S. State Dept). Source: U.S. Department of State, Report of the Visa Office, Table V Part 3 (fifth employment preference, "5th Total" column), fiscal years 2015 onward, https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics/annual-reports.html. Public domain; citation of the Bureau of Consular Affairs appreciated. Kept in the investment_migration_people table (one row per value, with the document and table it came from) and written to this series; a new edition lands as a migration.

EB-5 Investor Visas: Brazil (U.S. State Dept). Source: U.S. Department of State, Report of the Visa Office, Table V Part 3 (fifth employment preference, "5th Total" column), fiscal years 2015 onward, https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics/annual-reports.html. Public domain; citation of the Bureau of Consular Affairs appreciated. Kept in the investment_migration_people table (one row per value, with the document and table it came from) and written to this series; a new edition lands as a migration.

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