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Success!!
Lawler & Lawler has prevailed in a very important regional center test case in which the USCIS held that guest expenditures in the local area outside of the hotel can be used to calculate job creation. This is one of the first cases approved since the USCIS restricted counting indirect...
SEC – Chicago
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...
USCIS Processing Times
On the recent stakeholder call, USCIS acknowledged that its posted processing times are not accurate. USCIS said its “average” processing times are: I-526 – immigrant investor – 11 monthsI-829 – removal of conditional residency – 11 monthsCurrently, the USCIS website states processing times as: I-526 – immigrant investor – 9.9 monthsI-829 –...
Martin Lawler Speaking
Martin Lawler is a popular speaker at business, law and university conferences, as well as in the media. Here is a list of Martin’s recent speaking engagements: L.A. County Bar Association EB-5 Conference (lead off speaker and on 3 panels) – March 2014 KAZA 1290 AM, San Jose Vietnamese Radio – February...
Regional Center Regions
A regional center (RC) is granted a charter by USCIS to develop projects in a region – a territory. It can be small or large, such as a town up to a state. A region’s size may be expanded or contracted. Previously, this involved a protracted application. With the USCIS May...