FY 2011 Q1&Q2 EB-5 Statistics

Here are EB-5 statistics reported in the 6/30/2011 EB-5 Stakeholder’s Meeting Presentation.

Current Regional Center Stats as of 6/30/2011

# of Active Regional Centers	147
# of Pending Initial RC Proposals	83
# of Pending RC Amendments	9

Stats on Initial Regional Center Proposal Filings

	FY 2010 (Oct 2009 – Sept 2010)	FY 2011 Q1 & Q2 (Oct 2010 – Mar 2011)
# of Initial RC Proposal Filings	110	146
# of Amended RC Proposal Filings	42	55
% of Initial RC Proposals Denied	45%	31%
% of RC Amendments Denied	29%	22%

Statistics I-526 and I-829 Petitions

(Recall that petitions are not necessarily adjudicated in the year in which they are received!)

	# of I-526 Received	# of I-526 Approvals	% of I-526 Approved
FY11 Q1 & Q2	1601	407	81%
FY10	1955	1369	89%
FY09	1028	1262	86%
FY08	1257	640	84%
FY07	776	473	76%
FY06	486	336	73%
FY05	332	179	53%

	# of I-829 Received	# of I-829 Approvals	% of I-829 Approved
FY11 Q1 & Q2	1150	166	86%
FY10	768	274	83%
FY09	437	347	86%
FY08	390	159	70%
FY07	194	111	69%
FY06	89	106	64%
FY05	37	184	62%

USCIS noted that it is still working on a system to distinguish RC from stand-alone filings and that an estimated 90-95% of I-526 petitions are currently associated with Regional Centers.

EB-5 Visa Statistics

	Total EB-5 Visas Issued
FY11 Q1 & Q2	2,129*
FY10	1,885
FY09	4,218
FY08	1,360
FY07	806
FY06	744

* preliminary estimate