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EB-5 Job Creation
In February 2012, the USCIS began issuing Requests For Evidence (RFEs) questioning whether a project’s job creation may include new jobs created by a project’s tenant, such as a new business in an office building or retail mall. Generally speaking, the USCIS’s new position is that such jobs cannot be...
October 2012 IIUSA Meeting
In October, in Washington, D.C., I attended the IIUSA (EB-5 Regional Center Trade Association) meeting and the USCIS EB-5 Stakeholder’s meeting. China Quota The biggest news came from the Department of State (DOS). It allocates visa numbers to the American Consuls and USCIS offices in the U.S. for each EB-5 investor and...
Skills Deficit
The following appeared in the June 25, 2007 edition of The Wall Street Journal: BY HOPE M. FRYE AND MARTIN J. LAWLER So Congress doesn’t want to make the mistake of passing immigration reform that actually encourages people to enter the country illegally. But does that mean we have to live without the...
Foreign Investment Center in Northern Kentucky
A 2010 article by Dan Monk in Cincinnati’s Business Courier featured a foreign investment center in Northern Kentucky. To view complete article, click on this link.
The USCIS announced a proposed new rule that will allow expediting many, but not all, EB-5 investor green card petitions. The proposal also includes applications for regional center designation and their amendments for new projects. The May 19, 2011 announcement only applies to investments involving a “shovel ready” project that is...