What Makes Good Regulation? Lessons from the DHS EB-5 Proposed Rule

What Makes Good Regulation? Lessons from the DHS EB-5 Proposed Rule Part V of a Five-Part Series on the Department of Homeland Security's Proposed Regulations Implementing the EB-5…

Who Protects the Investor? Governance, Redeployment, and Conflicts of Interest

Who Protects the Investor? Governance, Redeployment, and Conflicts of Interest Part IV of a Five-Part Series on the Department of Homeland Security's Proposed Regulations Implementing the EB-5 Reform…

Substance Over Form: Source of Funds, Battineni, and Administrative Consistency

Substance Over Form: Source of Funds, Battineni, and Administrative Consistency Part III of a Five-Part Series on the Department of Homeland Security's Proposed Regulations Implementing the EB-5 Reform…

Bridge Financing and the Economics of Capital Formation

Bridge Financing and the Economics of Capital Formation Part II of a Five-Part Series on the Department of Homeland Security's Proposed Regulations Implementing the EB-5 Reform and Integrity…

Beyond Clarity: Four Principles for Evaluating the DHS Proposed EB – 5 Rule

Beyond Clarity: Four Principles for Evaluating the DHS Proposed EB-5 Rule Part I of a Five-Part Series on the Department of Homeland Security's Proposed Regulations Implementing the EB-5…

USCIS and the EB-5 mandate: Between statute, interpretation, and enforcement

By Marko Issever   The central question in the EB-5 landscape concerns the mandate of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the agency’s perception of such, which…

IIUSA v. USCIS: The Fight Over EB-5’s Sustainment Period

IIUSA v. USCIS: The Fight Over EB-5’s Sustainment Period  A Clash That Could Reshape EB-5 How long should EB-5 investors be required to keep their capital “at risk”…

Breaking Down the Battineni v. Mayorkas Ruling: A Landmark for EB-5 Investors

Did you know?   Breaking Down the Battineni v. Mayorkas Ruling: A Landmark for EB-5 Investors Introduction The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program, established in 1990, has been a…

Guidance Clarifying the Required EB-5 Investment Period

Did you know?   Guidance Clarifying the Required EB-5 Investment Period U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued guidance on their interpretation of changes to the EB‐5 Immigrant Investor…

Update to Visa Availability Approach for Form I-526

Did you know?   Update to Visa Availability Approach for Form I-526   U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) this month announced it would update its visa availability…

Regional Center EB-5 Investors can file their I-526E petitions! No more roadblocks!

  Did you know?   Regional Center EB-5 Investors can file their I-526E petitions! No more roadblocks!   Last week, on August 25, EB-5 Industry stakeholders, consisting of…

Breaking News: Preliminary injunction ruling on EB-5 Regional Center Program! Investors can file immigration petitions under the RIA.

Did you know?   Breaking News: Preliminary injunction ruling on EB-5 Regional Center Program! Investors can file immigration petitions under the RIA.   On June 24, 2022, Judge…

EB-5 Regional Center Program is reauthorized!! New minimum  investment amount is $800,000 now. 

Did you know?    EB-5 Regional Center Program is reauthorized!! New minimum  investment amount is $800,000 now.    On Tuesday, March 15, 2022, the President signed the omnibus…

Ur Jaddou confirmed as the new Head of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Did you know?   Ur Jaddou confirmed as the new Head of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services   Suzanne Monyak, Immigration Reporter at CQ Roll Call, and other news…

The judge ruled that the November 2019 reforms were not duly authorized

Did you know? The judge ruled that the November 2019 reforms were not duly authorized!!! In the well-contested court case of Behring Regional Center LLC V. Chad Wolf,…

Are we going to have the much-awaited EB-5 Reform bill pass Congress before June 30, 2021? That is the big question!

Did you know? Are we going to have the much-awaited EB-5 Reform bill pass Congress before June 30, 2021? That is the big question! Invest in the USA…

Effect of S 386 – Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2020, and its version of House bill H.R.1044

Effect of S 386 - Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2020, and its version of House bill H.R.1044   Did you know?   IIUSA, the foremost EB-5…

Can put options held by EB-5 investors be permissible?

Did you know?   Can put options held by EB-5 investors be permissible? Klasko Immigration successfully argues, “Yes”!!! In a recent blog, Klasko Immigration Law Partners (Klasko) announced…

USCIS clarifies Redeployment rules of EB-5

Did you know?   USCIS clarifies Redeployment rules of EB-5 As we know, an essential part of the EB-5 application, the I-526 petition, is the investment component. USCIS…

Did you know?   President Trump signed another executive order, suspending entry to the US through non-immigrant visa categories such as H-1B, L-1, J-1, and H-2B but relax!…

Did you know?   President Trump signed an executive order, temporarily suspending immigration into the US, but relax, it does not include EB-5 and many other immigrant as…

EB-5 Visa Bulletin for April 2020 is out Did you know?   EB-5 Visa Bulletin for April 2020 is out   This week, USCIS held an EB-5 Stakeholder…

IIUSA Filed a Lawsuit Naming the DHS and the USCIS as Defendants Did you know? IIUSA Filed a Lawsuit Naming the DHS and the USCIS as Defendants  …

IIUSA Reported Third Quarter Form I-526 adjudication trends Did you know? IIUSA Reported Third Quarter Form I-526 adjudication trends In this blog, we would like to summarize data…

Minimum Investments going up, Targeted Employment Area Designations being redefined U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced new developments under the final rule to include

Congress extended the EB-5 program untilSeptember 30, 2019 with no changes BUT!!! In this blog, we would like to talk about briefly the extension of the EB-5 program…

Current EB-5 program extended to December 7th! On September 13th, news agencies reported that government will continue to be funded until December 7th.

Grenada citizenship and E-2 visa may solve the Chinese retrogression problem Summary Some countries, notably China, do not have an E-2 treaty with US but face severe EB-5…

No room for errors when completing EB-5 applications. On July 27, 2018 The National Law Review published an article warning against such practice. According to the article, “effective…

What is this waterfall anyway? At the end of the day, does it really matter? Priority of payments, otherwise known as the waterfall, is perhaps one of the…

It Seems like EB-5 Investor Visa will get another clean extension until September 30, 2018!!! As you all know, the EB-5 current investment amount is $500,000 in a…

The window of opportunity to invest at the $ 500,000 level is tightening. Congress extended the current law to February 8, 2018 with no changes! Yes! This time…

Congress passed a Continuing Resolution extending the EB-5 program to January 19, 2018. As expected, by a majority vote of 231 vs 188 in the House and a…

Congress extended “again” the current law to December 22, 2017 with no changes! Congress is currently debating a number of issues related to EB-5. Our hope is that…

Congress extended the current law to December 8, 2017 with no changes! On Friday August 8th, President Trump signed H.R. 601 that will provide funding for the federal…

September 30 deadline is approaching! Did you know? Did you know that we have less than two months left for the September 30, 2017 deadline? What is expected…

Safe until at least September 30, 2017! Yesterday, we reported that Congress passed a continuing resolution to extend federal funding of all aspects of government until May 5th.…

Did you know? On April 28, 2017, Congress passed a continuing resolution to extend federal funding of all aspects of government until May 5th. Part of this decision…

Did you know? On April 7, 2017, USCIS announced that the H-1B quota for fiscal year 2018 has been met for both the regular and Master’s caps.

Did you know? The U.S. Department of State has recently released EB-5 visa statistics for Fiscal Year 2016.

Did you know? On December 6th 2016, U.S. Congress passed the Continuing Resolution (CR) legislation.

Did you know? Did you know that on November 18th, The Real Deal hosted a panel of EB-5 experts in Shanghai, who announced that the EB-5 program will…

Did you know? Did you know that on September 28, as widely expected the Senate approved continuing resolution to fund the Federal Government through December 9th.

Did you know? Did you know that the EB-5 (employment based Green Card program) might have some changes after September 30.

Did you know? that non-US citizens seeking to obtain a green card in order to be able to live and work in the United States can do so…