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Who Wins from the USCIS EB-5 Adjudications Change? Washington, D.C. – February 24, 2020 – On January 29, 2020, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) announced it will no longer process EB-5 visas on a first-come-first-served basis. What Does This Policy Change Mean? The new USCIS adjudications policy means that the agency will move away…

The new EB-5 Regulations went into effect on November 21, 2019.   Here is what you need to know: What are the New Minimum EB-5 Investment Amounts? For any visa petitions filed on or after November 21, 2019, the new minimum capital investment amounts apply.  Minimum investment amounts increased to US$900,000 for investments in rural areas…

Lawyers extend their final date to be engaged to October 28. They then can file your application before the increase. Source of Funds history must be straight forward. The lawyer most of our applicants use has a 100% EB-5 application approval success record. After November 21, new rules impose an investment increase to $900,000, plus…

Once again, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) asked for unanimous consent from the Senate this week to pass the Fairness for High Skilled Immigrants Act, S. 386 in the Senate and H.R. 1044 in the House, that would lift per-country caps for employment-based green cards, but Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) objected. Sen. Durbin used his objection…

EB-5 Minimum Investment Increases to US$900,000 Starting November 21, 2019 WASHINGTON, D.C. – July 23, 2019 –  U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will publish the new EB-5 regulations as a Final Rule on July 24, 2019, and will become effective on November 21, 2019. The major change created by the new regulations is to…

Washington, D.C. – July 2, 2019 – On June 27, 2019, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) completed its review of USCIS’ proposed EB-5 Modernization Regulations, the last step in the rulemaking process before the new regulations are published and implemented. The new EB-5 regulations could increase the EB-5 minimum investment threshold and give…

The latest Visa Bulletin, published by the U.S. Department of State (DOS) earlier this month, confirms industry predictions of a waiting list for Indian-born EB-5 investors. Starting in July 2019, EB-5 visas will be available only to those Indian-born investors who filed their petitions before 05/01/2017. This cut-off date creates a waiting list of approximately two…

It has been reported on April 16th, that Rep. González-Colón introduced H.R.2173, a bill that would amend the Immigration and National Security Act to reserve 100 EB-5 visas for investors who select projects in locations declared major disaster areas by the president. The EB-5 Program gives qualifying foreign nationals and their immediate family members green…

The number of Indian citizens issued with EB-5 visas in the US has almost quadrupled since 2017. As stated by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), 585 conditional green cards were issued to Indians during the 12 month period ending September 2018, compared with 174 during the 2017 with 149 in 2016. An increase in…

Washington, D.C. – March 1, 2019: Last week, on Feb. 22, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sent a confidential draft of a final EB-5 rule to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), marking the final stages of the rulemaking process. The rule, titled “EB–5 Immigrant Investor Program Modernization” or RIN 1615-AC07, was…