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BURLINGTON, VT--(Marketwire - March 19, 2010) - The EB-5 Visa program allows international investors to obtain permanent residency in the United States (green cards) for themselves and their immediate family by investing in a new or struggling business venture in the United States. With the current challenges in the U.S. economy, U.S. business interests are looking to EB-5 investors from outside the United States as a source of capital, and international investors are responding. The number of approved EB-5 Regional Centers has grown dramatically over the past year. In the Vermont Regional Center, the minimum EB-5 investment is $500,000 (except in the greater Burlington/South Burlington, Vermont area), rather than $1 million, and other favorable EB-5 program eligibility criteria apply. Several years ago, the State of Vermont approved and continues to administer one of the first EB-5 Regional Centers making it unique among EB-5 Regional Centers most of which are a