On July 11, 2012, Charlie Oppenheim, Chief of Visa Control at the State Department, provided the FY2012 Employment-Based Fifth preference issuance totals for the top five countries (89%), for the period October through June. He expects that the FY2012 EB-5 visa usage will be approximately 6,200.
Country C5 T5 I5 R5 Total
China 60 85 3,562 3 3,710
Korea, South 7 12 316 0 335
Taiwan 3 4 99 0 106
Venezuela 0 6 76 0 82
Iran 2 2 65 0 69
Worldwide 114 134 4,560 5 4,813
C5: $1 million investment in Non-Regional Center
T5: $500,000 investment in Non-Regional Center
I5: $500,000 investment in Regional Center
R5: $1 million investment in Regional Center