EB5 Investors Magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 | Page 127
2000 - 2016
EB-5 VISA APPROVALS AND ADJUSTMENTS OF STATUS FROM THE MENA REGION
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Algeria _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 _ _ _ _
Bahrain _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5
Egypt 1 _ _ _ _ 1 1 _ _ 5 4 12 37 28 37 36 57
Iran 4 1 117 81 86 76 62 40
Iraq _ 1
Israel 2 Jordon _ _ 2 12 9 16 12 55 5 _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ 10 _ 3 2 9 8 _ 1 _ _ _ 6 _ _ _ 13 _ 3 7 7 7 10 18
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 7 10 18
Kuwait _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 1 8 5 6
Lebanon _ _ _ 1 5 _ 1 3 2 5 _ 2 9 3 2 3 2
Libya _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 _ _ _ _ 4
Morocco 1 _ _ _ _ _ 2 _ _ _ 4 2 _ 1 _ 2 1
Oman _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 _ _ _ _ _ _
Qatar _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 1 1 _
Saudi Arabia _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 _ _ 2 _ 1 1 4 6 2 9
Sudan _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1
Syria _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 7 2 12
Tunisia _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
UAE _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 6 _ 7 2 11 9 18
Yemen _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 _ 1
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MENA Total
200
Year MENA Total Global Total MENA % Total
2000
2001 8
7 231
188 3.46%
3.72%
2002
2003 -
1 147
71 0.00%
1.41%
125 2004
2005
2006 7
19
5 126
349
802 5.56%
5.44%
0.62%
100 2007
2008
2009 12
18
49 793
1,443
4,218 1.51%
1.25%
1.16%
75 2010
2011
2012 75
145
146 1,885
3,463
7,640 3.98%
4.19%
1.91%
50 2013
2014 144
171 8,564
10,692 1.68%
1.60%
2015
2016 142
193 9,764
9,947 1.45%
1.94%
175
150
25
0
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
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