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USCIS EB-5 Regional Center List: How to Use It in 2026

TL;DR

USCIS publishes the official list of approved Regional Centers at uscis.gov. The list shows which entities hold the USCIS license to pool EB-5 capital — but it doesn't rank projects, NCE Managers, or recent performance. Use the list as a baseline check, not a project rating.

Hundreds of Regional Centers hold USCIS licenses. The USCIS list confirms a Regional Center's legal status — but it's a starting point for project diligence, not the end of it. Two licenses on the same list can run very different-quality projects.

  • •Where to find it: USCIS Immigrant Investor Regional Centers page, updated regularly. Lists each RC's name, ID number, geographic coverage, and termination status.
  • •What the list confirms: the entity holds a current USCIS RC license. Active vs terminated status is visible.
  • •What the list does NOT tell you: project quality, NCE Manager track record, capital stack structure, I-526E or I-829 approval rates, recent litigation, current project I-956F status.
  • •Termination status: if a Regional Center has been terminated (USCIS revoked its license), check the date and reason. Terminated RCs sometimes resurface under new entity names — vet the operating team, not just the entity.
  • •Geographic coverage: RCs are licensed for specific geographies. A project must be within the RC's licensed area.
  • •License ≠ project approval: each individual project still needs I-956F approval before raising EB-5 capital under RIA. RC license + I-956F project approval together are the floor.

Use the USCIS Regional Center list to confirm baseline legal status. For real project diligence, vet the I-956F approval, NCE Manager track record, capital stack, and exit structure — none of which are on the USCIS list.

How Beyond handles this

Beyond International Group's Regional Center license and Beyond Paradise 1's I-956F approval are both verifiable on USCIS public records — and we share those records directly during due diligence.

Related

Regional Center vs Direct EB-5

Regional Center investors pool capital into pre-vetted projects ($800K). Direct EB-5 means you operate your own business and create 10 jobs yourself ($1.05M).

I-956F project approval — why it matters for you

I-956F is USCIS's pre-vetting of the EB-5 project itself. Filing I-526E against an already-approved I-956F means much faster individual adjudication.

EB-5 NCE Manager: What to Look For

The New Commercial Enterprise (NCE) Manager is the entity that holds your $800K and decides how it gets deployed to the project, monitored across the life of the investment, and (eventually) returned. NCE Manager quality is structurally more important than Regional Center quality, but rarely highlighted in marketing.

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