United StatesOpen. In the September 2026 Visa Bulletin the rural, high-unemployment and infrastructure set-aside categories have no waiting line for Indian nationals. The unreserved category is not available for India for the rest of fiscal year 2026.
Think of your Sunday video call with your daughter in her US college flat. She is on an F-1 student visa. She finishes in two years. The question nobody asks out loud is: what happens after that? EB-5 answers it. You invest US$800,000 in an approved project, file one petition, and the green card covers you, your wife or husband, and every unmarried child under 21 at the time of filing. In 2026 the rural set-aside is the one EB-5 lane with no waiting line for Indians. The hard part is the money side, and that is the part we handle from India.
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The ways in
US$800,000
Hold: The money stays at risk until the jobs are proven and the conditions are removed
Twenty per cent of EB-5 visas each year are kept for rural projects. No waiting line for India in the September 2026 Visa Bulletin, and USCIS gives these cases priority. Industry data shows I-526E decisions in about 8–15 months for rural cases.
Fits: Families who want the shortest EB-5 line open to Indians in 2026
US$800,000
Hold: Same at-risk period as any EB-5 investment
Ten per cent of visas are kept for projects in high-unemployment areas. Also no waiting line for India, but no priority processing, so the average petition wait applies.
Fits: Investors who prefer a city project and can accept a longer wait
US$800,000
Hold: Same at-risk period
Two per cent of visas. Few projects exist, but this category also has no waiting line for Indian nationals as of September 2026.
US$1,050,000 (or US$800,000 in a TEA)
Hold: Same at-risk period
Not available for India for the rest of fiscal year 2026 because of a long backlog. We do not advise Indian families to file here in 2026.
Fits: Not advised for Indian nationals this year
The facts, checked 2026-09-05
Where families lose money and years
Commission decides many Indian EB-5 choices. If the project does not create ten jobs, the green card fails and the money can be lost with it. Ask who is paying whom before you ask about returns.
For Indian nationals the unreserved line is counted in decades, and it is not available for the rest of fiscal year 2026. Anyone sending you there without explaining the set-asides is not working for you.
Rural priority cases have taken about 8–15 months at the petition stage, but the consulate stage adds 6–12 months after that. The full time is longer than the brochure says, and the authority decides, not the seller.
Unmarried children must be under 21 at filing, and the age-freeze rules help only if the petition is filed in time. If a child is 19 or 20 today, the calendar is the first thing to talk about.
The India side nobody explains
Under the RBI Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS), each resident Indian can send US$250,000 abroad per financial year (April to March). One person cannot send the EB-5 amount in one year. In real life it is a husband and wife sending across two financial years, or three adults in one year, or a gift from a close relative whose own lawful source is documented. Which pattern fits your family is what a call settles, because it changes both the timetable and the paperwork.
From 1 April 2026, LRS remittances above ₹10 lakh in a financial year for investment carry 20% tax collected at source (TCS). It can be adjusted against your tax or refunded, but on US$800,000 it is a very large sum stuck with the tax department for a while. Families who first hear this at the bank counter run short just when the project escrow deadline arrives. We plan the TCS into the funding schedule with your chartered accountant before you sign anything.
USCIS wants every dollar traced from where it was earned to the project escrow: Indian tax returns, bank statements, property sale deeds, gift deeds, business accounts and loan agreements (a loan secured on your own assets is allowed). Indian records are often in several names, several banks and several decades. Putting that trail together in the order a US officer expects is the most time-consuming part of the file. It is our job.
Once the money leaves India, the investment must be shown each year in Schedule FA of your Indian tax return. Later, if a family member becomes a US citizen, their Indian citizenship ends under section 9 of the Citizenship Act 1955 and they move to the OCI card. Deciding who in the family should ever take that step is a family decision, and we can put the facts in front of you.
How it goes, with us
We start with who is coming, the ages of the children, where the money sits today and whether the rural set-aside is right for you. If EB-5 is not the sensible route, we say so on the call.
We work with a US immigration attorney and the regional centre so you compare projects on job-creation strength and structure, not on which agent gets the highest commission. We do not sell projects.
We build the money trail from start to escrow: returns, statements, deeds, gift deeds, business accounts, loan papers. Gaps are found now, not when USCIS sends a request for evidence.
LRS limit per adult, financial-year split, the 20% TCS, Form A2, PAN and the chartered accountant’s certificate for the authorised-dealer bank, all planned so the escrow deadline is met.
Your attorney files the petition with the evidence we prepared. If you want today’s amounts, the practical target date is 30 September 2026.
After approval we prepare the family for National Visa Center paperwork and the interview at the US consulate. Two years later we support the I-829 filing that removes the conditions.
What it costs
EB-5 investment
Depends on whether the project is in a TEA or infrastructure category; goes up from 1 January 2027
US$800,000 or US$1,050,000
Form I-526E government fee
Fee schedule from April 2024
US$11,160
Form I-829 government fee
Paid when the conditions are removed, about two years after the green card
US$9,525
Regional-centre administrative fee
Ask for it in writing before you shortlist
Varies by project
US immigration attorney
Separate from our Indian-side fee
Varies
20% TCS on LRS remittance
Applies above ₹10 lakh per financial year from 1 April 2026; treat it as cash you will not see for a while
Adjustable or refundable
Our own fee is fixed and quoted after the first call, with 18% GST included. Government and third-party costs are paid at cost.
Yes, because the reserved categories are a separate line. As of the September 2026 Visa Bulletin the rural, high-unemployment and infrastructure set-asides all have no waiting line for India, and rural projects also get priority processing. The unreserved category is the one to avoid this year.
Yes, if they are unmarried and under 21 when the petition is filed. Being a student does not stop them being your dependant. If your child is close to 21, the filing date matters more than anything else, and we would want to talk this week rather than next month.
No. Most Indian investors put their money into a project run by a USCIS-designated regional centre and count the jobs that project creates. You do not have to move to the project location or manage it day to day.
Through an authorised-dealer bank under LRS, with Form A2, your PAN and a chartered accountant’s certificate. Because LRS is US$250,000 per person per financial year, the amount is usually split between husband and wife or across two financial years, or topped up with a documented gift from a close relative. The 20% TCS above ₹10 lakh must be budgeted on top.
EB-5 money is truly at risk. If the project does not create the ten required jobs, the petition or the removal of conditions can fail and the investment may not come back. That is why the project is chosen with an attorney and on job-creation evidence, not on marketing.
If you are already in the US on a valid status, you may be able to file the green-card application (Form I-485) at the same time as the petition. Family members still in India go through the consulate instead. The two paths are planned differently, so tell us where each family member is.
Not by holding a green card. Only becoming a US citizen, which is possible after five years as a permanent resident, ends Indian citizenship under section 9 of the Citizenship Act 1955. The OCI card then takes its place. Many families keep the green card and never take citizenship.
The US$800,000 and US$1,050,000 amounts go up with inflation from 1 January 2027 under the Reform and Integrity Act. Industry sources treat the end of fiscal year 2026 as the practical last date to file at today’s amounts. We cannot promise the new figure, only that it is expected to be higher.
Other United States visas: see the United States page.
Checked 2026-09-05 against: USCIS — EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program · US Department of State — Visa Bulletin · RBI — Liberalised Remittance Scheme. Rules change; we re-check before any filing.
