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When Plan “B” is a Good Thing
When Plan “B” is a Good Thing Most EB-5 immigrants apply for immigrant visas at an American Consulate in their homeland. The visa can only be issued when the I-526 filing date is “current” on the Department of State (DOS)’s visa bulletin Chart “A”. EB-5 investors from all countries are now...
Fiscal Year 2017; Expedites; Use it or Lose it
Fiscal Year 2017 The EB-5 quota for Chinese-born applicants remains backlogged. The September 2016 visa list issued by the Department of State has a cutoff date of February 15, 2014 for EB-5 visa applications filed by Chinese-born applicants, and that date has not moved in a number of months. This means...
July 28 USCIS EB-5 Stakeholder Call
July 28 USCIS EB-5 Stakeholder Call Today USCIS held an EB-5 Stakeholder call. There was little news and some speakers were impossible to hear. USCIS said: They have started Regional Center (RC) site visits and audits in Florida. USCIS will give RCs a notice of audit by letter and also call to tell...
Brexit into EB-5 Political, economic, environmental, and other factors for many generations have been major reasons for immigration to the U.S. I was hired last fall by a British jumbo jet pilot for his and his family’s EB-5 immigration. I asked him what is causing him to immigrate to the U.S....
Important Breaking EB-5 Regional Center Extension Bill News The Regional Center statute is set to expire on September 30, 2016. Politico reports Congress will probably soon pass a continuing budget resolution until after the election. The Republicans want to extend the budget to March, the Democrats to December. The current EB-5 statute,...