If you’re looking for an EB-5 regional center with geographic coverage of all of Alameda County, California, including the East Bay subregion and other neighborhoods of San Francisco’s Bay Area, consider the EB5 Affiliate Network (EB5AN) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)–approved California EB-5 regional center. For more information about affiliating with EB5AN, contact EB5AN today.

Why choose EB5AN’s California EB-5 Regional Center?

Affiliating with an EB5AN EB-5 regional center will give you several benefits that will be critical to the success of your project.

1. You will be able to start raising investment funds immediately

The EB5AN State of California Regional Center already has USCIS approval. The California center, along with the other EB5AN regional centers currently approved, is listed on the USCIS website. As an added bonus, the EB5AN EB-5 regional center in California has geographic coverage of the entire state, so you can start raising funds for a project anywhere in Hayward or the surrounding areas.

2. You will be eligible to include indirect job creation in your totals

One of the main downsides of direct investments that bypass a regional center is that only direct payroll employees can be counted toward the 10-job requirement of the EB-5 program. Since our EB-5 regional center is USCIS approved, affiliated projects can include direct jobs as well as indirect and induced jobs. This means more investment capital can be raised, as more jobs will be available. By affiliating with us, you’ll incentivize investors to contribute to your project because they’ll be able to prove they are having an impact on American jobs.

3. You’ll be able to rapidly complete the affiliation process, freeing you up to start pursuing capital

Our team is experienced with a range of EB-5 projects and situations and can assist you in rapidly completing your regional center affiliation and kicking off your project. We will help you figure out how many jobs your project has the potential to create, how much EB-5 capital you can reasonably aim for, and if your project is suitable for affiliation with our regional center in Hayward, California. The sooner you complete your affiliation, the sooner you can start raising EB-5 capital.

It takes us three weeks to finish your I-924 application

To start your own EB-5 regional center, you must complete and submit an I-924 application. It may seem like a daunting task to compile all the legal, financial, and bureaucratic portions of the application. Fortunately, EB5AN has vast experience with I-924 applications, and we can help you complete your application accurately and completely in just three weeks. We can guide you in avoiding common mistakes and give you insight into the adjudication process. With our regional centers covering more than 20 states, we have successfully drafted more than 300 business plans and economic impact studies.

Contact us for more information about how we can help you with your I-924 application. We guarantee a response within 24 hours.

Is Hayward considered a targeted employment area?

Because targeted employment area (TEA) designation holds numerous benefits for EB-5 projects in Hayward and other cities, it is important to understand both the benefits of and the USCIS process for TEA designation. To determine whether your EB-5 project location falls within a TEA, please consult our free EB-5 TEA map, which includes data for the entire United States. All you need to do is to enter the project address—the rest of the process is automated.

The EB5AN TEA map relies on the most recently published versions of two data sets, namely American Community Survey (ACS) five-year data and Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data. It assesses TEA eligibility based on four calculation methodologies USCIS accepts—three related to calculating unemployment rates and one related to qualification as a rural TEA. Unemployment rates are calculated using (1) American Community Survey (ACS) five-year unemployment data by census tract, (2) the census-share methodology, which is based on a combination of ACS data and county-level BLS data, and (3) BLS county-level data for TEA determination on a county-wide level. To determine rural qualification, population and geographical data are considered. To qualify as a TEA, a project site needs to qualify under only one calculation method.

A TEA can also be created by combining directly adjacent census tracts and considering the weighted average unemployment rate. The EB5AN TEA map performs this function automatically.

If you confirm that your EB-5 regional center is located in a TEA in Hayward, you can also use the EB5AN TEA map to instantly download a free TEA Qualification Report that shows all the data and calculations that support TEA qualification for your project location. Should you have any questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to contact the EB5AN team by phone at 1-800-288-9138 or via e-mail at info@EB5AN.com. We promise to respond within 24 hours.

Hayward is optimized for opportunity

Considered to be almost a northern extension of Silicon Valley, Hayward is home to the corporate and manufacturing headquarters of a handful of substantial firms. While some smaller tech companies reside there, more notable names include the PepsiCo production and distribution center, Impax Laboratory, Pentagon Technologies, Annabelle Candy, and the Gillig bus company. These manufacturing and research firms, as well as more municipal organizations such as the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department, the local school district, and the City of Hayward, are top employers in the area. Chabot College and East Bay’s California State University serve Hayward’s educational needs.

With a public art trust designed to beautify the city with public art and several historically preserved architectural sites, the proudly nuclear-free City of Hayward balances corporate culture with a diverse and inclusive cultural and artistic sensitivity.

EB5AN’s California EB-5 regional center has geographic coverage of the entire East Bay area, encompassing all of Alameda County. The EB5AN State of California EB-5 Regional Center offers immigrant investors who seek U.S. permanent resident status the opportunity to invest in a USCIS-approved EB-5 regional center that covers not only Hayward but also the surrounding areas.

California population breakdown and income demographics

With a population of about 160,000 and a size of 63 square miles, Hayward has the requisite density to support many new local businesses. Retail, restaurants, and services have the opportunity to thrive in this township, which boasts 3,500 people per square mile in one of the most celebrated areas of the Golden State. You will be helping to reduce the unemployment rate in Hayward by creating new jobs for local residents.

Reach out to us now for more information on how to affiliate with one of EB5AN’s USCIS-approved regional centers or how to create your own designated EB-5 regional center.

Reach us by phone at 1-800-288-9138 or e-mail at info@EB5AN.com.