On Tuesday, July 16th, the USCIS issued policy guidance on some new provisions in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). These provisions cover the consequences for noncompliance with the EB-5 Regional Center program, such as sanctions, terminations, debarments and suspensions! For further details please review the USCIS News Alert, “New Policy Guidance…
On Wednesday, March 1, 2023, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a Federal Register notice providing information about funding the EB-5 Integrity Fund. USCIS must collect a fee of $10,000 or $20,000, depending on factors established by the new EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022! Starting March 2nd, U.S. Citizenship…
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has provided the PowerPoint presentation and talking points from the October 19th engagement on the EB-5 program. EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program updates include discussions of the Integrity Act, staffing, digitally scanning, some filing tips, and more. PowerPoint Presentation – National Engagement EB-5 Stakeholder PowerPoint Presentation (PDF) …
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be holding an EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Teleconference on Monday, August 29th, between 1:00pm and 2:00pm (Eastern). This second teleconference is being held because of telephone issues encountered during the July 28th EB-5 teleconference from Miami, FL. This second engagement will…
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be holding an EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Teleconference from Miami, Florida on Thursday, July 28th, between 1:00pm to 2:30pm (Eastern). The event will start with an update of the EB-5 program followed by a question and answer session. USCIS is inviting…
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be holding an EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Teleconference on Wednesday, February 3rd between 1:00pm to 2:30pm (Eastern). The event will start with an update of the EB-5 program followed by a question and answer session. USCIS is inviting participants to ask…
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) would like to remind stakeholders that “EB-5 regional centers” and related commercial enterprises should not contain the words “United States,” “U.S.,” “US” and “Federal” in their names. Using these words in the name of a regional center or enterprise may imply a false…
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be holding a stakeholder teleconference on Wednesday, September 10, 2014 between 2:30 to 4pm (EST). The subject of the event will be to discuss the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program and will include a Q&A session. For more information on this teleconference…
On Saturday, August 23, 2014, Charles Oppenheim, Chief of the Department of State (DOS) Immigrant Visa Control and Reporting Division announced that as of that date the maximum number of E-B5 visas has been reached for China for FY2014. He made the announcement at the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s (AILA)…