Los Angeles International Regional Center
Explore EB-5 and EB-1C Green Card Pathways
Los Angeles International Regional Center helps qualified foreign investors, international business owners, and multinational executives evaluate pathways to lawful permanent residence in the United States.
Explore EB-5 investment opportunities, learn whether your business background may support an EB-1C petition, and coordinate your next steps with experienced immigration and financial professionals.
- USCIS-designated EB-5 regional center
- EB-5 opportunities involving qualifying California projects
- EB-1C support for eligible multinational managers and executives
- Guidance for individuals living abroad or already in the United States
- Family eligibility for qualifying spouses and unmarried children under 21
About Los Angeles International Regional Center
Investor-Focused Support for U.S. Permanent Residency
Los Angeles International Regional Center, or LAIRC, is a USCIS-designated EB-5 regional center serving international investors and families evaluating U.S. permanent-residency opportunities.
Through our regional center platform, qualified EB-5 investors can evaluate job-creating California investment projects without having to actively manage the underlying business. LAIRC also helps qualifying multinational business owners and executives evaluate the separate EB-1C pathway and coordinate with the appropriate immigration, legal, tax, and financial professionals.
Our role is to help each prospective applicant understand the available pathways, identify the questions that require professional review, and make a more informed decision before committing capital or beginning an immigration petition.
Our Vision
Our vision is to make U.S. business immigration more understandable, transparent, and accessible for qualified international investors, business owners, executives, and their families.
Our Mission
Our mission is to help prospective immigrants evaluate EB-5 and EB-1C opportunities through clear information, responsible project review, coordinated professional support, and a process centered on each family’s long-term objectives.
About Los Angeles International Regional Center
Investor-Focused Support for U.S. Permanent Residency
Los Angeles International Regional Center, or LAIRC, is a USCIS-designated EB-5 regional center serving international investors and families evaluating U.S. permanent-residency opportunities.
Through our regional center platform, qualified EB-5 investors can evaluate job-creating California investment projects without having to actively manage the underlying business. LAIRC also helps qualifying multinational business owners and executives evaluate the separate EB-1C pathway and coordinate with the appropriate immigration, legal, tax, and financial professionals.
Our role is to help each prospective applicant understand the available pathways, identify the questions that require professional review, and make a more informed decision before committing capital or beginning an immigration petition.
Our Vision
Our vision is to make U.S. business immigration more understandable, transparent, and accessible for qualified international investors, business owners, executives, and their families.
Our Mission
Our mission is to help prospective immigrants evaluate EB-5 and EB-1C opportunities through clear information, responsible project review, coordinated professional support, and a process centered on each family’s long-term objectives.
Compare Your Options
EB-5 Versus EB-1C: Which Pathway Fits Your Situation?
EB-5 and EB-1C can both provide a path to U.S. permanent residency, but they have different investment, employment, business, and eligibility requirements. Use this comparison to understand the key differences and identify which option may better align with your background and goals.
| Consideration | EB-5 | EB-1C |
|---|---|---|
| Primary basis | Qualifying investment and job creation | Qualifying multinational executive or managerial employment |
| Personal investment threshold | Generally $800,000 or $1,050,000 under current USCIS rules | No fixed personal investment minimum |
| Employment background | No multinational executive background required | Qualifying executive or managerial employment generally required |
| U.S. petitioner | The investor files an EB-5 petition connected to the qualifying enterprise | A qualifying U.S. employer files the petition |
| Job-creation requirement | At least 10 qualifying full-time jobs | No EB-5-style 10-job requirement, but the U.S. organization must support the qualifying position |
| Regional center involvement | Available through qualifying regional-center investments | Regional centers are not part of the EB-1C process |
| Family eligibility | A qualifying spouse and unmarried children under 21 may be included | A qualifying spouse and unmarried children under 21 may apply as derivatives |
| Residence granted | Conditional permanent residence initially | Permanent residence without the EB-5 investment conditions |
| Primary risk | Immigration risk and financial investment risk | Immigration and business-qualification risk |
Understanding the EB-5 Structure
What Is an EB-5 Regional Center?
An EB-5 regional center is an organization designated by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to participate in the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program within an approved geographic area.
Regional centers sponsor qualifying investment projects and coordinate the economic, job-creation, compliance, and reporting framework supporting the project’s participation in the EB-5 program.
For investors, a regional-center project may provide:
- A more passive investment structure
- The ability to participate in a pooled investment
- Centralized project documentation and compliance coordination
- Access to projects specifically structured for EB-5 participation
Featured EB-5 Investment Opportunities
Review Projects Sponsored Through LAIRC
LAIRC sponsors selected California projects being structured for participation in the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program. Each opportunity should be evaluated through its formal offering documents, economic analysis, business plan, job-creation methodology, capital structure, risk disclosures, fees, conflicts of interest, and immigration documentation. Prospective investors should never rely on homepage summaries alone. Complete investment terms and risks are available only in the applicable offering documents.
Featured California Project
Yamashiro Health Retreat by Primior: A Proposed Southern California Wellness and Hospitality Development
Yamashiro Health Retreat by Primior is a proposed luxury wellness and hospitality development in the Los Angeles County mountains. The project is being structured for potential participation in the EB-5 program through the LAIRC regional center platform. With planned capitalization of approximately $250 million, the development is intended to create economic activity, support qualifying job creation, and introduce a high-end health and hospitality destination to Southern California.
The project remains subject to development, offering, immigration, financing, and regulatory requirements. This summary is not an offer to sell securities.
Frequently Asked Questions
Questions About EB-5, EB-1C and U.S. Permanent Residency
Every immigration case is different. These answers provide a general starting point and should not replace advice from qualified immigration counsel.
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What is the EB-5 visa?
EB-5 is an employment-based immigrant classification for qualifying investors who invest the required amount of lawfully sourced capital in a new commercial enterprise that creates at least 10 qualifying full-time jobs.
Eligible investors, their spouses, and unmarried children under 21 may apply for lawful permanent residence.
How much must I invest for EB-5?
Under current USCIS rules, the minimum investment is generally $800,000 for a qualifying targeted-employment-area or infrastructure investment and $1,050,000 for other investments.
These amounts may change. Project fees, legal fees, taxes, and other expenses are separate from the required investment capital.
What is an EB-5 regional center?
A regional center is a USCIS-designated organization that sponsors qualifying EB-5 projects within an approved geographic area. Regional-center investments may use accepted economic methodologies to calculate qualifying direct and indirect job creation.
Does USCIS designation make an investment safe?
No. USCIS designation is not government approval or endorsement of an investment. EB-5 capital must be at risk, and investors may lose some or all of their investment.
Does EB-5 guarantee a green card?
No. Neither LAIRC, a project sponsor, nor an attorney can guarantee USCIS approval. Approval depends on the investor, source of funds, project structure, job creation, visa availability, admissibility, documentation, and continuing compliance.
Can my family apply with me?
A qualifying spouse and unmarried children under 21 may generally apply as derivative beneficiaries. Families concerned about a child approaching age 21 should seek legal advice regarding potential age-out issues.
How long does the EB-5 process take?
There is no single timeline. Processing depends on the petition, project, country of chargeability, visa availability, USCIS workload, consular or adjustment-of-status processing, and the facts of the individual case.
What is EB-1C?
EB-1C is an employment-based immigrant classification for certain multinational managers and executives. It requires a qualifying relationship between foreign and U.S. organizations and qualifying executive or managerial employment.
Do I need to invest $800,000 for EB-1C?
No. EB-1C does not have the fixed personal investment threshold used by EB-5. However, the U.S. business must be genuine, operating, properly related to the foreign organization, and capable of supporting the qualifying executive or managerial position.
Do I need an L-1A visa before applying for EB-1C?
Not necessarily. L-1A and EB-1C have related concepts, and many multinational executives use L-1A before pursuing EB-1C, but prior L-1A status is not automatically required in every EB-1C case.
Can I apply if I am already in the United States?
Potentially. Some eligible applicants may pursue adjustment of status when a visa is available and the applicable requirements are met. Others use consular processing. Your present status and immigration history require individual legal review.
Which is better: EB-5 or EB-1C?
Neither pathway is universally better. EB-5 is generally more suitable for applicants relying on qualifying investment capital. EB-1C is generally more suitable for applicants with qualifying multinational executive or managerial employment and business operations.
Investor Education
Learn About EB-5 and EB-1C Before Making a Decision
Explore practical resources addressing investment amounts, eligibility, source-of-funds documentation, regional-center projects, multinational-manager requirements, processing steps, family considerations, and investment due diligence.
EB-5 Source of Funds: Documentation and Transfer Guide
Learn how EB-5 source of funds documentation should connect lawful capital, transfer records, gifts, loans, currency conversions, and Form I-526E evidence.
EB-5 Project Due Diligence Checklist: What Investors Should Review
Use this EB-5 project due diligence checklist to review immigration structure, offering terms, capital stack, job creation, conflicts, and exit risk.
EB-5 Process Timeline: From Form I-526E to Form I-829
Understand the EB-5 process timeline from Form I-526E through conditional residence and Form I-829, including visa availability and filing dependencies.
Contact LAIRC
Speak With Us About Your U.S. Residency Options
If you are evaluating EB-5, EB-1C, or an investment project sponsored through LAIRC, request a confidential introductory conversation.
We can help you identify the relevant pathway, understand the information needed for an initial review, and coordinate next steps with the appropriate professionals.
Contact information
- 17805 Sky Park Cir #F, Irvine, CA 92614
- Monday - Friday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- help@lairc.io
