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For those of you yet to hear this, the U.S. EB-5 Regional Center Program has been extended to June 30, 2020. The President has signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, which extends the EB-5 Regional Center Program until June 30, 2021. This particular extension announcement is unusual as the expiration of the EB-5 Regional Center Program…

Immigrant Investor Program, EB-5 Updates

EB-5 Applications suddenly simplified as Unsecured Loans can now be used as EB-5 Investment Capital A three-judge panel ruled in the D.C. Circuit court that EB-5 investors can use the proceeds of unsecured loans for their investment capital, upholding an 2018 D.C. federal court decision. USCIS tried to argue in their appeal that to allow…

Washington, D.C. – September 29, 2020: The U.S. Department of State recently published the much-anticipated monthly Visa Bulletin for October, 2020. Employment Based Green Cards The U.S. Department of State concluded its calculations of the employment-based immigrant visa annual limit for FY 2021, which is anticipated to be 261,500, an all-time high. The October, 2020 Visa Bulletin…

On September 24, 2020, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) released their October 2020 visa bulletin. In a typical year, the total number of visas allocated to the Employment-Based category is approximately 140,000 visas. Of that total, 7.1% are allocated for the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program (EB-5) for a normal yearly EB-5 total of approximately…

EB-5 program renewed until December 11, 2020. 1st October 2020, Washington D.C. The US Congress approved budget legislation (Continuing Resolution CR) that funds the operations of the federal government until December 11, 2020. The CR also passed an extension of the EB-5 Regional Center program until December 11, 2020. This ensures that the EB-5 Regional…

Q1. Do I have to submit information for further deployment activities when I file Form I-924A, Annual Certification of Regional Center?    A1. For now, Form I-924A does not require information about further deployment activity. However, we routinely revise forms and a future version of Form I-924A may require such information. We will accept a Form I-924A that includes redeployment information; for example, an investor could include such information in the Additional Information section, Part 11.…

The end of the 2020 Fiscal Year on September 30th brings with it a deadline for Congress to extend or renew the EB-5 Regional Center program. For the EB-5 program to continue uninterrupted, it requires Congress to pass budget legislation, including a possible continuing resolution, to extend government services. There are only eight legislative days…

The USCIS Adjusts EB-5 Filing Fees for Investors and Regional Centers FY 2021 Today, to ensure U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recovers its costs of services, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a final rule that adjusts fees for EB-5 investors and Regional Centers and other immigration and naturalization benefit requests. This fee…

India is no longer facing a visa backlog. This progression comes despite the closures of the U.S. foreign consulates and embassies. The Dates for Filing on the Visa Bulletin remain unchanged in July, but USCIS has stated that they will instead be using Final Action Dates to determine who is eligible to file for adjustment…