2. Presenter’s Name June 17, 2003 2 Regional Center and EB-5 Program  Regional Center Cycle Times  Regional Center Proposal Decisions  I526/I829 Statistics  Questions (and answers)

3. Presenter’s Name June 17, 2003 3 Regional Center Proposal - Average Cycle time for Adjudication  FY 2004 = 33.3 months  FY 2005 = 15 months  FY 2006 = 15.6 months  FY 2007 = 9 months  FY 2008 = 3.1 months

4. Presenter’s Name June 17, 2003 4 Regional Center Proposal Decisions  FY 1994 – 2 Approval  FY 1996 – 1 Approval  FY 1997 – 2 Approvals  FY 2002 – 1 Approval  FY 2003 – 1 Approval  FY 2004 - 1 Approval  FY 2005 - 0 Approval / 1 Denial  FY 2006 - 1 Approval  FY 2007 - 7 Approvals / 2 Denials  FY 2008 - 12 Approvals / 6 Denials

5. Presenter’s Name June 17, 2003 5 Regional Center Proposal Decisions  APPROVED = 28  Denied = 9  Pending = 17 (awaiting responses to an RFE = 10)  Unassigned = 5

6. Presenter’s Name June 17, 2003 6 I526 Statistics DECISIONS  FY 2007  I526 - 776 incoming receipts  CSC = 309 (270)  TSC = 312 (203)  FY 2008  I526 - 1017 incoming receipts  CSC = 233 (189)  TSC = 408 (337) PENDING  FY 2007 I526  165  FY 2008 I526  308 I

7. Presenter’s Name June 17, 2003 7 I829 Statistics DECISIONS  FY 2007 - I829  194 incoming receipts  CSC = 131 (94)  TSC = 29 (17)  FY 2008 - I829  350 incoming receipts  CSC = 191 (132)  TSC = 22 (15) PENDING  FY 2007 – I829  146  FY 2008 – I829  254

8. Presenter’s Name June 17, 2003 8 Contact with USCIS  USCIS.ImmigrantInvestorProgram@dhs.gov USCIS.ImmigrantInvestorProgram@dhs.gov or Robert Kruszka, Deputy Chief/Service Center Operations U.S. Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 20 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Room 2132 Washington, DC 20529 (202) 272-8464