Latest Statistics on EB-5 Including Regional Centers by USCIS as of May 1, 2012 - Yu, South & Associates

info USCIS has just released its latest EB-5 statistics provided for a 5/1/12 stakeholder engagement, including information on service-wide receipts, approvals, and denials of I-526s and I-829s, as well as the number of approved EB-5 Regional Centers by fiscal year and I-924 receipts, approvals, and denials by fiscal year.

Here are some of the charts provided at the stakeholder engagement provided by USCIS:

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Immigrant Petition by Alien Entreneur (I-526) and Petition by Entrepreneur to Remove Conditions (I-829) Service-wide Receipts, Approvals, Denials Fiscal Year(s): 2005 - 2012 (2nd Quarter)
Fiscal Year	I-526 Receipts	I-526 Approvals	I-526 Denials	Approval Percentage	I-829 Receipts	I-829 Approvals	I-829 Denials	Approval Percentage
2005	332	179	156	53%	37	184	112	62%
2006	486	336	124	73%	89	106	108	50%
2007	776	473	148	76%	194	111	49	69%
2008	1,257	640	120	84%	390	159	68	70%
2009	1,028	1,262	207	86%	437	347	56	86%
2010	1,955	1,369	165	89%	768	274	56	83%
2011	3,805	1,563	371	81%	2,345	1,067	46	96%
2012	2,771	2,101	384	85%	375	522	24	96%
Grand Total	12,410	7,923	1,675	83%	4,635	2,770	519	84%

Data: Based on March Preliminary 2012 Data

Source: Performance Analysis System (PAS)

Report Date: April 23, 2012

Report Frequency: Quarterly

By: Office of Performance and Quality (OPQ), Data Analysis and Reporting Branch (DARB) - DL Parameters:

Date: Fiscal Years 2005-2012 (2nd Quarter)

Data Type(s): Receipts, Approvals, Denials

Form Type(s): I-526, I-829

USCIS Offices/Centers: Service-wide, U.S.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Immigrant Petition by Alien Entreneur (I-526) Service-wide Receipts, Approvals, Denials Fiscal Year(s): 2005 - 2012 (2nd Quarter)
FY	Fiscal Quarter	I526 Receipts	I526 Approvals	I526 Denials
2005	1Q	55	34	25
2005	2Q	67	30	36
2005	3Q	87	37	35
2005	4Q	123	78	60
2006	1Q	110	89	48
2006	2Q	104	87	25
2006	3Q	128	73	32
2006	4Q	144	87	19
2007	1Q	143	73	38
2007	2Q	187	96	39
2007	3Q	185	139	38
2007	4Q	261	165	33
2008	1Q	267	139	26
2008	2Q	221	190	32
2008	3Q	219	142	51
2008	4Q	550	169	11
2009	1Q	178	221	30
2009	2Q	218	548	66
2009	3Q	205	279	55
2009	4Q	427	214	56
2010	1Q	422	276	60
2010	2Q	410	503	32
2010	3Q	437	322	42
2010	4Q	686	268	31
2011	1Q	714	191	56
2011	2Q	886	264	71
2011	3Q	992	593	128
2011	4Q	1213	515	116
2012	1Q	1293	1076	222
2012	2Q	1478	1025	162

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Number of Approved EB5 Regional Centers Fiscal Year(s): 2007 - 2012
FY07	11
FY08	25
FY09	72
FY10	114
FY11	174
FY12

Form I-924 Combined Initial and Amendment Applications Service-wide Receipts, Approvals, Denials Fiscal Year(s): 2012 (through 2nd Quarter)
FY	Fiscal Quarter	I924 Receipts	I924 Approvals	I924 Denials
FY10	All	152	78	41
FY11	All	278	123	58
FY12	1Q	60	14	22
FY12	2Q	54	8	9

Source: ICLAIMS California Service Center and PAS data based on March 2012 Preliminary Report

Report Date: April 23rd, 2012

Report Frequency: Quarterly

By: Office of Performance and Quality (OPQ), Data Analysis and Reporting Branch (DARB) - DL Parameters:

Date: Fiscal Years 2010-2012 (2nd Quarter)

Data Type(s): Receipts, Approvals, Denials for initial and amendment applications

Form Type(s): I-924

USCIS Offices/Centers: Service-wide

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