Hopes of obtaining an EB-5 visa in a short span could soon be a thing of the past with latest data showing Indian applications for the visa have swelled, thereby doubling average wait times.
Enjoying high growth, visa facilitation companies specialising in the programme are looking at wheeling in wealthy clients sooner now with the added warning that costs are also set to rise.
Latest estimates by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services show the number of Indian applicants jumped from 300 last year to over 1,200, industry sources said. India breaching the annual national quota of 700 visas is

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