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EB-5 Investment Amount Increase?
Last week, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) cleared USCIS regulations for publication to 1) increase the EB-5 investment amount from the current minimum of $500,000, and 2) change the Targeted Unemployment Area (“TEA”) rules. One immigration blogger predicts the new rule will be published within two weeks. If...
Social Media Questions Included on Visa Applications The Department of State (DOS) has added a new requirement for both people seeking temporary visas as well as new immigrants. Now the government Form DS-160 for a non-immigrant visa and Form DS-260 for an immigrant visa require the applicant to answer a question...
Indian EB-5 Quota Update
There are 10,000 EB-5 visas annually. No country can take more than 7% per fiscal year. The State Department (“DOS”) has announced that by July, the approximately 700 Indian EB-5 visas will be nearly exhausted for this fiscal year and the Visa Bulletin will have a cut-off date “sometime in...
E-2 Entrepreneur Visa Business Plans
I have been asked recently, does one need a professional business plan writer to write a business plan for an E-2 visa? My answer: In most cases, no. The business owner can create their own business plan required for an E-2 visa. I am happy to provide clients with a sample...