EB-5 Set Aside Visa Utilization: How Full Are the Reserved Categories?

Every prospective EB-5 investor asks the same question about the reserved categories: are they still open? The answer today is yes. All three set aside categories remain Current for every nationality. But "current" and "plenty of room" are not the same thing. This article tracks how much of each category's annual visa allocation is being consumed, projects when each could fill, and explains what happens when one does. All utilization estimates use published USCIS quarterly filing data, the statutory visa allocation formula, and EB5Status demand modeling. Exact utilization cannot be determined from public data because USCIS does not publish filings broken out by reserved category. Our estimates carry Yellow trust tier. The statutory allocation numbers are Blue trust tier. ## How the set aside system works The EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 carved the annual EB-5 visa allocation into four buckets: | Category | Share | Approximate Annual...