Scope of Coverage
What we cover
- ✓EB-5 program statistics and petition outcomes
- ✓Visa bulletin cutoff dates and historical movement
- ✓USCIS processing times by form type and service center
- ✓Regulatory developments (Federal Register, policy manual updates)
- ✓FOIA-obtained datasets with full provenance
What we do NOT cover
- ×Legal advice or immigration strategy
- ×Investment recommendations or project evaluations
- ×Regional center reviews or rankings
- ×Individual case outcomes or predictions
Data Inclusion Standards
Five requirements must be met before any data point is published on EB5Status:
- 1.Identifiable source : Every data point traces to a specific document, FOIA release, or government publication.
- 2.Trust tier classification : Assigned Blue, Gray, Green, Yellow, or Orange before publication.
- 3.Verifiability : The original source document must be accessible for independent verification.
- 4.Methodology disclosure : Any calculation or derivation includes the formula, inputs, and version number.
- 5.Timestamp and freshness : Publication date, source date, and freshness status are displayed.
Source Hierarchy
EB5Status draws from 18 government and institutional sources ranked in three operational tiers:
Tier 1: Mission Critical : Continuous monitoring. State Dept Visa Bulletin, USCIS Published Statistics, USCIS Processing Times Tool.
Tier 2: Core Authority : Regular monitoring. Federal Register, USCIS Policy Manual, AAO Decisions, FOIA data.
Tier 3: Supporting/Contextual : Never primary. Court opinions, GAO reports, industry publications (contextual only).
Separation of Fact and Analysis
This separation is structural, not stylistic. Analysis sections use different visual treatment so readers and AI systems can distinguish fact from interpretation programmatically.
Correction Procedures
- •Corrections published with equal prominence to the original data
- •Public correction log maintained at /corrections
- •Full version history: previous versions never deleted
- •48-hour response SLA for factual error reports
- •Dataset and methodology version numbers incremented on correction
Conflicts of Interest and Editorial Firewall
EB5Status sells advertising space to regional centers, law firms, wealth management firms, and financial services providers. This is standard practice for data publishers:Bloomberg, Reuters, and the Wall Street Journal operate the same way.
Our editorial firewall guarantees
- ✓All advertising is clearly labeled ‘Advertisement’ or ‘Sponsored’ and visually separated from editorial content
- ✓Advertisers have zero influence on what data we collect, publish, or correct
- ✓Advertisers have zero influence on trust tier assignments or methodology
- ✓Advertising placement decisions are made by revenue operations, never by the data team
- ✓No advertiser receives advance access to data or analysis
- ✓EB5Status reserves the right to publish data that is unfavorable to any advertiser
What we do NOT do
- ×No pay-for-placement in data rankings or trust tier assignments
- ×No lead generation or investment referral fees
- ×No revenue tied to editorial outcomes
- ×No advertiser veto over publication decisions
Update Cadence
Citation Standards
How we cite sources
- •Permanent URLs to originating government documents
- •Access timestamps recorded at data ingestion
- •Trust tier label assigned before publication
How others should cite us
- •Include the dataset or methodology version number
- •Note the trust tier of the data being cited
- •Record the access date (data may be updated)
Last updated: March 2026
EB5 Status is for educational purposes only. Not legal or investment advice.