Are you planning an EB-5 project in Shreveport, Louisiana? Affiliating with an EB-5 regional center has several benefits for you and your investors, and the EB5 Affiliate Network (EB5AN) regional center in Louisiana is authorized to cover the entire city of Shreveport, including the Downtown Riverfront, Highland-Stoner Hill, and all other neighborhoods.

Contact EB5AN to learn more about affiliating your Shreveport EB-5 project with our Louisiana regional center.

Three good reasons why you should affiliate you EB-5 project with EB5AN’s State of Louisiana EB-5 regional center.

1. You will be able to immediately start raising EB-5 investment capital anywhere in Shreveport.

Since EB5AN’s State of Louisiana Regional Center has geographic coverage of all of Louisiana, you can raise investment capital anywhere in Shreveport. EB5AN’s regional centers have been fully approved by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (UCSIS). For a complete list, visit the USCIS website.

2. Your project will have a larger job cushion and the capacity for more EB-5 capital.

One of the obstacles to successful immigration for EB-5 investors is being able to successfully meet the mandate to create 10 new full-time jobs for U.S. workers that last for at least two years. This can be difficult to do when only direct payroll employees of the new commercial enterprise can be included in that job count. Affiliating with EB5AN’s regional center in Louisiana, however, modifies the mandate so that you can also include indirect jobs in that job count. This means that your investors have a better chance at successful immigration and you can raise more EB-5 capital.

3. We’ll make the process as painless as possible.

Our team of experienced EB-5 professionals will review your project plan with you and calculate how many EB-5 eligible jobs your project will likely create as well as how much EB-5 capital you can plan on raising. We will also ensure that your project meets our criteria for affiliation and assist you with the EB-5 regional center affiliation process. And we’ll do this as quickly as possible so you can get started raising capital right away.

Are you thinking of forming your own EB-5 regional center in Shreveport? We can help you with that, too.

For project developers interested in setting up an EB-5 regional center, the I-924 application must be submitted to and approved by USCIS. This application is fairly complicated, and the legal language can be confusing to a first timer. EB5AN has the experience you need—we have successfully completed more than 300 USCIS-compliant business plans and economic impact studies for EB-5 projects all across the country. With regional centers that cover more than 20 state, we can adeptly guide you through the I-924 application process.

Sound like a plan? Contact us for more information on how we can help you get your new EB-5 regional center approved by USCIS. We guarantee a response within 24 hours.

Is Shreveport, Louisiana, a targeted employment area (TEA)?

Because targeted employment area (TEA) designation holds numerous benefits for EB-5 projects in Shreveport 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 Shreveport, 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.

Shreveport attracts visitors from all over the country and around the world.

Shreveport’s many attractions include the R.W. Norton Art Gallery and Louisiana State University Shreveport. There is no lack of activity in Shreveport. What’s more, Shreveport is an avid supporter of the EB-5 Regional Center Program as an opportunity to help interested foreign investors immigrate to the United States while concurrently boosting the U.S. economy.

Both Caddo and Bossier Parishes are covered by EB5AN’s Louisiana regional center, and interested foreign immigrant investors can invest in projects anywhere in Shreveport through EB5AN’s EB-5 regional center and obtain permanent resident status in the United States. Our State of Louisiana regional center also covers the nearby areas of Bossier City, Mansfield, and Minden.

Louisiana population breakdown and income demographics

The city of Shreveport has almost 200,000 inhabitants and covers more than 122 square miles. With a population density of more than 1,800 people per square mile, Shreveport can benefit greatly from an EB-5 project based in the city.

Affiliating with EB5 Affiliate Network for your EB-5 regional center project in Shreveport would provide full-time jobs for the citizens of Shreveport, substantially reducing the unemployment rate in the city and nearby areas.

Contact us right away to find out how you can become a business affiliate of a USCIS-approved EB5AN regional center. If you’re looking to form your own USCIS-approved EB-5 regional center, we can help you with that, too.

Call us at 1-800-288-9138, or e-mail us at info@eb5an.com.