Investing in a Regional Investment Center is another option which can be utilized by the E-B5 immigrant investor in order to be eligible for Permanent Residency. 

A Regional Investment Center is defined as any economic unit, public or private, which is involved with the promotion of economic growth, improved regional productivity, job creation, and increased domestic capital investment.

 A Regional Investment Center:

• Is an entity, organization or agency that has been approved as such by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services;
• Focuses on a specific geographic area within the United States; And
• Seeks to promote economic growth through increased export sales, improved regional productivity, creation of new jobs, and increased domestic capital investment.

Current Active List of “Regional Centers” includes:

• California Consortium for Agricultural Export
• Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation
• South Dakota International Business Institute
• The Gateway Freedom Fund/AKA: Golden Rainbow Freedom
• Iowa Department of Economic Development (IDED) 
• Capital Area Regional Center
• The Redevelopment Agency of the City of Vernon Regional Center
• Mayor's Office of Economic Development (New Orleans)
• Whatcom Opportunities Regional Center, Inc. (WORC, Inc.)
• Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development
• Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development Regional Center
• CMB Export LLC 
• Global Century Development Group I, LP (Global Century)
• Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC)
• Alabama Center for Foreign Investment (ACFI)