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EB-5 Vietnam Quota Retrogression Explained
EB-5 Vietnam Quota Retrogression Explained with a State Department Offical's Estimate of the Rate of Advancement of the Quota (This applies only to EB-5 investors born in Vietnam) For more detailed information about the EB-5 program, contact our Vietnamese speaking EB-5 attorney Nam-Giao Do at ndo@aboutvisas.com. This memorandum explains information about the Vietnam...
Indian EB-5 News and New Social Media Rules
EB-5 India For some time, there has been an increase in EB-5 applicants from India. In the past, Indian EB-5 investors almost exclusively sought out “direct” investments rather than regional center projects. This is because one may earn a high rate of return with a business one owns or in which...
The Latest on EB-5 I-829 Receipts
I have previously written about the issuance of receipts for I-829 petitions for removal of conditions on permanent residence status. When a conditional green card expires, the government’s I-829 receipt, along with the expired conditional green card, acts as a one-year extension of the green card. Dependents (spouses and children)...
EB-5 Regional Center Statute Extended
The national EB-5 regional center trade association has just confirmed what I predicted last week: the omnibus funding legislation that will pass on March 23, 2018 will include an extension of the current EB-5 Regional Center Program through September 30, 2018. This means that for now, the minimum investment amount remains at $500,000...
Breaking: EB-5 Program Likely To Be Extended
The news from Washington, DC is that the latest attempt to change the current EB-5 law to increase the minimum investment amount from $500,000 to $925,000 and make many other changes to the EB-5 visa program has failed. A revised bill also will not be considered and the current law...