A Regional Center is an entity, organization or agency that has been designated by the USCIS to operate as a Regional Center under the EB-5 visa pilot program. A designated Regional Center will focus on a specific geographic area within the United STATES, and seek to promote economic growth through increased export sales, improved regional productivity, creation of new jobs, and increased domestic capital investment.

An important advantage to investing in a project with a designated Regional Center is the "indirect" nature of the job creation, which is less DIFFICULT to achieve than the "direct" creation of 10 new jobs. The requirement of creating at least 10 new full-time jobs can be SATISFIED by showing that as a result of the investment and the activities of the new enterprise at least 10 jobs will be created directly or indirectly in the REGION through an employment creation multiplier effect.

A Regional Center is an entity, organization or agency that has been designated by the USCIS to operate as a Regional Center under the EB-5 visa pilot program. A designated Regional Center will focus on a specific geographic area within the United States, and seek to promote economic growth through increased export sales, improved regional productivity, creation of new jobs, and increased domestic capital investment.

An important advantage to investing in a project with a designated Regional Center is the "indirect" nature of the job creation, which is less difficult to achieve than the "direct" creation of 10 new jobs. The requirement of creating at least 10 new full-time jobs can be satisfied by showing that as a result of the investment and the activities of the new enterprise at least 10 jobs will be created directly or indirectly in the region through an employment creation multiplier effect.