• New York City Real Estate Developers Suspected of Gerrymandering to Gain EB-5 Funds

    • December 19, 2011
    • Category: EB-5, gerrymandering
    1 Comment

    The New York Times is reporting that in New York, developers and state officials are stretching the rules to qualify projects for EB-5 foreign financing.

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  • EB-5 Stakeholder Engagements for 2012

    • December 19, 2011
    • Category: EB-5, Stakeholder Engagements
    No Comments

    USCIS has established the following schedule for EB-5 stakeholder engagements in 2012.

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  • Senators Favor Making EB-5 Regional Center Pilot Program Permanent

    • December 7, 2011
    • Category: EB-5, H-1B Visas
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    The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on reauthorizing the EB-5 Regional Center Pilot Program on December 7, 2011.

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  • Reauthorizing the EB-5: Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on December 7

    • December 5, 2011
    • Category: EB-5
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    Under the latest extension, Congress had authorized the EB-5 Regional Center Pilot Program through September 30, 2012.  The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on reauthorizing the program on December 7, 2011.  

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  • A Work in Progress: Towards A New Draft Policy Memorandum Guiding EB-5 Adjudications

    • November 15, 2011
    • Category: EB-5, USCIS Director Mayorkas
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    This draft memo is a work in progress and will not guide adjudication decisions until it is published in complete and final form.  The comment period ends on December 9, 2011.

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  • El Monte Regional Center EB-5: What Happened

    • October 20, 2011
    • Category: EB-5
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    Immigration Attorney Adam Green has written an excellent summary of what went wrong the EB-5 El Monte Regional Center recently de-certified by USCIS.

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  • USCIS Seeks Public Comments on Proposed Rule Impacting Certain Pending Immigrant Investor (EB-5) Applications

    • October 18, 2011
    • Category: EB-5
    No Comments

    WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) seeks public comments on a proposed rule published in the Federal Register today that would enable USCIS to process certain applications approved between 1995 and 1998 by immigrant investors under the fifth preference employment-based immigrant visa classification, also known as EB-5.

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  • EB-5: USCIS Announces “Entrepreneurs in Residence” Initiative

    • October 13, 2011
    • Category: EB-5, USCIS, USCIS Director Mayorkas
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    USCIS Director Alejandro Mayorkas has announced the “Entrepreneurs in Residence” Initiative.  This new innovative initiative will utilize industry expertise to strengthen USCIS policies and practices surrounding immigrant investors, entrepreneurs and workers with specialized skills, knowledge, or abilities.

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  • Immigrant Investor Regional Centers

    • October 8, 2011
    • Category: EB-5, Regional Center
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      The following is a list of current EB-5 (Immigrant Investor) Regional Centers by state.  USCIS periodically updates the list. Because of this, here is the link to the USCIS site that has the current list:   regional centers    

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  • Statement of Lamar Smith at Hearing on the Investor Visa Program

    • October 7, 2011
    • Category: EB-5, Senator Lamar Smith, Startup Visa
    1 Comment

      Lamar Smith is a Judiciary Committee Chairman Member for the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.  He made the following opening remarks on both the EB-5 and Startup Visa Act at the hearing on September 14, 2011:  

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