A new web page provides training materials relating to the EB-5 immigrant investor program protocols issued earlier this year. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services added the new page to provide training materials that are required for some employees and...
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The EB-5 Extension Gets Government Funding through December 11
On September 30, 2015, the United States Congress granted a short-term extension of the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program. The bill, referred to as Continuing Resolution, will allow the program to continue through December 11, 2015. With the new time extension, EB-5...
EB-5 Legislation Updates Address GAO Recommendations
Among a number of potential changes to the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program, one in particular could pose significant new challenges for foreign citizens wishing to obtain U.S. visas. Under the American Job Creation and Investment Promotion Reform Act, pending in...
USCIS Visa Availability Process Made Quicker by DOS
Individuals, family members and foreign national immigrants, who are waiting to file their adjustment of status applications, can now receive their benefits earlier than before. According to The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the...
Proposed EB-5 Changes May Cause Washington Clash
The EB-5 Visa program is a popular program that allows foreign investors a green card for making a $500,000 minimum investment in projects that bring jobs to the U.S. The law is up for renewal in Washington in September of 2015. While this is typically a perfunctory...
EB-5 Investment Program Must Be Cautious of Unlawfully Sourced Funds
The federal courts in the Philadelphia Eastern District recently ordered a default judgement that every USCIS designated Regional Center needs to take note of. The judgement was ordered against an EB-5 investment limited partnership, due to use of funds directly...
Consider Strategic Approach to EB-5 Legislative Update
With a bill currently making its way through Congress that could raise minimum EB-5 investments after the end of September, many prospective investors are wondering if they should rush to file project plans. Legislation that extended authorization of the Immigrant...
EB-5 Legislative Update Could Shrink Construction Finance Availability
Proposed changes to the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program could create funding shortfalls in the commercial real estate finance market. An EB-5 legislative update currently moving through Congress would reauthorize the program, which expires September 30, 2015. Should...
EB-5 Attorney Can Solidify Chances of Outside Business Investment
The EB-5 visa program allows foreign nationals who invest money in businesses in the United States to get a green card. These investments must create or preserve at least 10 jobs in a United States business for U.S. workers. Workers and businesses in the United States...
Proposed Expansion of Eligibility for Provisional Unlawful Presence Waivers
Many individuals without lawful status face the dilemma of remaining in the United States without immigration status or leaving the U.S. to seek a waiver of inadmissibility and incurring a 3 or 10 year bar from reentry if that waiver is not granted. New proposed USCIS...
