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Trump’s Green Card Ban
In a tweet late Monday night, President Trump announced that he would sign an executive order suspending immigration into the United States. While this seemed to be an expansive ban, his order appears to be only for 60 days (with possible extension). There are few details and this seems to be a...
COVID-19 Impact on EB-5 Hotel Projects
Many EB-5 projects involve the construction and operation of hotels. Obviously, the hospitality industry will be impacted by COVID-19 as income may fall, employees may be laid off and/or plans are delayed. Thus, COVID-19 may impact the necessary job creation for investors’ EB-5 applications. Here are some general EB-5 legal...
EB-5 Investment May Decrease to $450,000
As part of the economic stimulus bill, the Administration is considering provisions to modify the EB-5 jobs and immigration program by 1) lowering the minimum investment amount to $450,000 from the current $900,000 amount and 2) increasing the number of visas from the current 10,000 to 75,000. This is just a...
Immigration Rule Changes
Lately, there have been many immigration rule and policy changes, some major and some minor. Here are a few: The new rule on proving each new immigrant and nonimmigrant will not be a public charge to the government may go into effect while a court challenge to the legality of the...
EB-5 Investor Green Cards to be Processed Faster
USCIS says it is abolishing its First In, First Out policy for I-526 processing (there is really no such policy in practice). For most new or recently filed I-526s, the processing time should now be much faster, and it may take from one to one and 1/2 years for immigration. USCIS...