How can I make contact with professionals who wish to immigrate to the U. S. on an EB-5 visa, but wish to focus on other endeavors, while contracting management of their business venture to others and keeping their own involvement relatively passive?

Establishing an EB-5 regional center as Douglas mentioned is one way to engage foreign investors who are interested in investing into a U.S. EB-5 visa program. There is significant cost involved in getting a regional center approved and managing it continuously though. If you do not have a set of specific industries and business activities in mind, such as hospitality industry, nursing homes, etc., you may find the requisite pre-defined business scope in a RC application restricting and its amendment cumbersome and costly. On the other hand, if you want to focus on certain types of business, having a USCIS approved regional center can add an extra layer of authority and validity to foreign investors. The alternative is to run a business helping investors who are interested in direct EB-5 investment. The investors can still enjoy some personal freedom from the day to day management by forming an appropriate partnership with a managing partner who is responsible for the daily operations. Direct EB-5 projects do not enjoy the benefit of counting indirect and induced jobs to meet the job creation requirement as RCs do, and therefore must rely upon direct job creation. If this is not a concern for the particular type of the projects, then that would not be an issue. Your question on making contact with the foreign investors is about marketing the EB-5 projects. That is a separate and less predictable issue. There are EB-5 brokers and promoters in foreign countries that market the EB-5 projects to investors. You could either convince them to promote your projects, or tap into your own connections in that country, which is a lot harder for most people.

You can also partner with an existing Regional Center in your area. I've had good relations with American Dream Fund and the Milwaukee Metropolitan Association of Commerce. Depending on the geographic region and NAICS code applicable to your project, you might find someone more than willing to help.