If my project does not create the required number of jobs, but another project under the same Regional Center makes up the difference, does it count?

It can count, but this depends on the structure of the investment. In Regional Centers, compliance with the job-creation requirement is evaluated on an aggregated basis: the economic model may combine the direct and indirect effects of investments made across multiple projects under the same center.

In practice, this means that if your individual project does not meet the required number of jobs on its own, the overall projection, including contributions from other projects approved by the Regional Center, may satisfy the program requirement, provided that the documentation and economic studies demonstrate that combined job creation.

This flexibility is a defining feature of EB-5 through a Regional Center and does not extend to direct investment, in which the entrepreneur must independently demonstrate the creation of the required number of jobs. The job-creation models must be pre-approved and supported by reliable statistical methods.

Since each structure has its own criteria evaluated by the USCIS, it is worth relying on specialized analysis and confirming the current rules at the official source before counting on this offset.

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