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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
What is the EB 5 Program? The EB 5 Visa was designed for individuals who invest in the US economy by creating jobs for a minimum number of employees, to receive a green card. The EB-5 program, also referred to as the Immigrant Investor Program, is set to sunset on...
Current trending areas that are of note in the U.S. EB-5 investor immigrant program are Chinese retrogression and a crackdown on lawyers accepting commissions from regional centers. Forbes goes into details about the events impacting these hot topics. EB-5...