The US State Department Report of the Visa Office 2016 has been updated with Table V (Part 3), which gives a breakdown of all EB visas issued by country in fiscal year 2016.
A total of 159 Indians applied for the popular EB-5 program to obtain US green cards in 2016, compared over 7000 investors from China.
- 32 Indians applied through $500,000 TEA (Targeted Employment Area)
- 6 Indians applied through $1 million not in TEA through direct investment
- 111 Indians applied through Regional target areas ($500k)
There are about
- 317 EB-5 applications from India are pending
- 46,188 Indians acquired for US citizenship in 2016