China Quota Retrogress in May The Department of State May 2015 visa bulletin was released today.  It contains a cutoff date of May 1, 2013, for the EB-5 China quota (not other countries). Attached is my memo explaining quota retrogression, which I have expanded to address a few questions I have...

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The verdict is in for the SEC’s civil action against A Chicago Convention Center, LCC (ACCC), Anshoo Sethi, and International Regional Center Trust of Chicago (IRCTC), in a fraudulent Chicago-based EB-5 venture. Sethi set up a bogus regional center project and sold $145 million in securities and collected $11 million in...

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The Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) internal Office of Inspector General has issued a report that the prior head of the USCIS, (now Deputy Secretary of DHS), Alejandro Mayorkas, showed favoritism for a few EB-5 RC projects, including one for a political friend of the Clintons, now the Governor of...

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The USCIS has begun to revoke some inactive RC’s designations. In one decision USCIS states: The regional center’s participation as a regional center in the Program … no longer serves the purpose of promoting economic growth. Regional center’s I-924A filings do not report any EB-5 capital investment or job creation for fiscal...

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Congressman Polis (D-CO) has introduced a bill in the House to permanently extend the regional center program set to expire on September 30, 2015. His bill is called the “American Entrepreneurship and Investment Act of 2015.” If enacted it would: Allow “similar” entities to Limited Partnerships as investment vehicles.Make TEA letters...

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