Sorry the quality of life in China sucks, but it's gonna take more than a $500k "investment" in that Hawaii City Plaza SCAM to get your blue passport. You are supposed to invest and work a business in the US.  Sweat equity.  That what the EB5 visa is all about.  Not kick in the bux, come here, sit on your bu** for five years and not only do you get your money back from this project, you get to be a citizen.  If for no other reason, Mr. Fangs's boycott Hawaii threat should be the main reason the city council kills this deal.  Tell his 60 EB5 investors to stick it. I'm against giving away a treasured citizenship just because someone has a few extra bucks.  Banana republics and offshore banking islands do that, not the United States.  What about all the people who filled out the forms, did the interviews, provided the documents, sweated out the months and years waiting, how do you feel about someone getting to the front of the line because they made a profit on their apartment in Beijing?