Job creation: 10 jobs per investor

EB-5's economic-impact requirement is the program's foundation: each investor's $800K must result in 10 full-time-equivalent jobs. The job-creation math differs between Direct and Regional Center investments.

• •Direct EB-5: 10 W-2 employees on the new commercial enterprise's payroll within 2 years of investment.
• •Regional Center: USCIS-accepted economic models (RIMS II, IMPLAN) count direct, indirect, and induced jobs across the project's economic impact.
• •Job counting is the most-scrutinized part of I-829 — your economic study and the project's actual construction/operations matter.
• •Excess jobs from large Regional Center projects can be allocated across multiple investors, but each $800K still needs 10 individual jobs.

When evaluating projects, look at the job multiplier (jobs per investor) — projects with 12-15+ jobs per investor have a built-in safety margin.