The Chinese face significant waiting time under the Employment based Fifth (EB-5) program. According to new figures as of Nov 2017 released by State Department, about 30,259 EB-5 applications are pending and the 88.3% of chinese applications (26,725) under E5 are on the waiting list.
The backlog of waiting cases are quite low for India, South Korea and Vietnam
| EB-5 Waiting list | Pending | Percentage |
| China | 26,725 | 88.3% |
| Vietnam | 649 | 2.2% |
| India | 307 | 1% |
| Hong Kong | 423 | 1.4% |
| South Korea | 278 | 0.9% |
| Others | 1,877 | 6.2% |
