# EB-5 Visa Program **The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program** grants U.S. permanent residency to foreign nationals who invest a qualifying sum in an American enterprise creating a set number of jobs. It appears in this vault at the intersection of immigration policy and influence: it is a legal route by which foreign capital converts into residency, it has been marketed heavily to Chinese investors, and it has been used in fundraising by politically connected American developers — which is the part that makes it a recurring subject rather than a technical immigration category. ## See Also - [[Chinese Influence]] - [[Jared Kushner]]