EB-5 exemplar approval means USCIS has reviewed and approved an EB-5 investment project’s sample I-526 petition and project documents.
Unless project documents later change, this is generally a good indication that project documents in subsequent investor I-526 petitions will be determined to be compliant with EB-5 requirements.
An investment project may choose not to seek exemplar approval as it takes a substantial amount of time. The approval of multiple investor I-526 petitions may then offer the same confidence to future potential investors that an investment project’s documents will be approved by USCIS.
