Is there a visa limit per family?

In the EB-5 program, there is no specific visa limit applied to a single family unit. The investor is the principal applicant, and immediate family members, the spouse and unmarried children within the eligible age range, accompany the same petition without a separate count per member.

In practice, the family is treated as a group tied to the investor. What does exist, and should not be confused with this, are the annual green card issuance limits of the program itself, distributed across categories and countries. In other words, it is not the family that has a quota, but the category as a whole may have availability subject to those limits.

• No visa limit per family: dependents follow the investor’s petition.
• Eligible family members: spouse and unmarried children within the eligible age range.
• Final issuance depends on the annual availability of the category.

Since rules and availability change over time, it is worth monitoring the Visa Bulletin and USCIS guidance and, if in doubt about dependent eligibility, consulting a specialist.

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