U.S. company Second Wind published information about investment immigration in the United States with the EB-5 program for the period from 2011 to 2021.
Since 2011, nationals of Tajikistan has reportedly got only eight investment visas since 2011.
Seven investment visas were got by Tajik nationals in 2015 and another one in 2016.
Nationals of Kazakhstan have reportedly got more U.S. investment visas than nationals of other Central Asia’s countries – five to eighteen visas annually.
Citizens of Uzbekistan have got 12 investment visas over the reporting period and nationals of Turkmenistan – 1.
No information is available about Kyrgyzstan.
An investment visa is a type of immigration visa available to foreign investors that wish to immigrate to the United States.
Different countries have different types of immigrant investor programs that function to encourage foreign investment in exchange for conditional or permanent residency. The requirements for an investment visa differ between countries and visa types. Different programs will also require different amounts of investment and will award different types of residency.
The United States offers two types of investment visa—the EB-5 visa, and the E-2 visa.
An EB-5 investment visa is different than other types of visas available in the United States, including other employment based visas, the diversity immigrant visa, and family-based visas. In the United States, the EB-5 visa is the only employment-based visa that requires investment.
The EB-5 visa is a means for foreigners to obtain a green card, and potentially citizenship in the United States. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services oversees the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program and offers investment visas to foreign investors who invest US$1.05 million (or $800,000 if the investment is made in a targeted employment area) into a new commercial enterprise in the U.S. The investment must also create 10 full-time jobs for U.S. workers. The foreign investor will then be able to apply for a U.S. green card and eventually obtain permanent residence if the jobs are proven to have been created.
Another type of investment visa in the United States is the E-2 Treaty Investors visa. The E-2 visa is a non-immigrant visa that is obtained by a foreign investor from a country that maintains a treaty of navigation and commerce with the United States. In order to receive the visa, the applicant must invest capital into a business in the United States. Under the E-2 visa option, specific employees of the investor or the authorized organization may also apply for the visa. There is also an application process for family members of investors obtaining a U.S. visa under the E-2 option.
