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The number of EB–5 visa applications, also known as ‘cash for Green Card’ visa to the U.S., has increased in the last two years by about:

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Investor visa trends often reflect broader global migration patterns, economic shifts, and geopolitical changes.
Updated On: Jul 15, 2026
  • 100%
  • 200%
  • 300%
  • 400%
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The Correct Option is C

Approach Solution - 1

Step 1: Understanding the Question:
We need the approximate rise in EB-5 visa applications over the last two years.

Step 2: Key Approach:
Weigh the four percentage figures against the scale of growth actually reported for this investor visa program.

Step 3: Detailed Explanation:
Rising wealth among high net worth individuals abroad, a desire for better opportunities in the U.S., and uncertainty in other visa categories together pushed more applicants toward the EB-5 route. This combination drove applications up by about 300%, a steeper rise than the 100% or 200% figures would suggest, though not quite as high as 400%.

Step 4: Final Answer:
EB-5 visa applications increased by about 300% over the two years.
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Approach Solution -2

Here it helps to treat the four figures as a ladder and ask, at each rung, whether it undersells or overstates what was actually reported for this two-year period.

  1. 100%: This rung sits too low, describing only a doubling, when the real shift toward this visa route was described as considerably sharper than that.
  2. 200%: A step up, but still a rung below the actual reported rise for this period.
  3. 300%: This rung matches the scale of increase that was actually reported for EB-5 applications over these two years, neither understating nor going beyond it.
  4. 400%: This rung goes a step too far, overstating the increase beyond what was actually recorded.

Climbing the ladder of figures and stopping exactly where the reported rise sits places the correct answer at the third rung, not the two below it or the one above.

Therefore, the correct answer is 300%.

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