EB-5 News and Insights
EB-5 Regional Center Program in Lapse – The Way Forward in 2022
As we sit through the 8th month of the regional center program lapse that began June 30, 2021, how do we make sense of what...
DHS Drops Behring Appeal
One of 2021’s biggest questions was resolved with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)’s motion to dismiss its appeal in the Behring litigation. DHS filed...
Important USCIS Announcement for Regional Centers Filing Form I-924A for FY2021
Although the statutory authorization for the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Regional Center Program ended at midnight on June 30, 2021, USCIS announced that the service will...
Regional Center Advocacy – Cases During Lapse
The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) led a joint advocacy effort to keep regional center petitions in abeyance during lapse by sending the following letter...
USCIS Implements Procedures for Certain HK Residents Applying for Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) and U.S. Employment Authorization
On August 5, 2021, President Biden issued a memorandum directing the Department of Homeland…
Relief for 2002 Public Law Investors? USCIS I-829 Applicant Alert
At long last, USCIS is taking a step toward implementing the 2002 Public Law enacted to help certain EB-5 investors caught in USCIS’s retroactive…
Proposed Greencard Backlog Relief for EB-5 Investors
In advance of the markup scheduled for today, Monday, September 13, 2021, at 10 am Eastern time, Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-10thDistrict) introduced sweeping immigration benefits...
International Entrepreneur Parole: Investment Immigration Solution for High-Growth Startups
The International Entrepreneur Parole rule (the “IER”) was implemented by final rule published January 2017 to increase and enhance entrepreneurship, innovation, and job creation in...
LIKE Act: A New Start-Up Visa Bill
On July 26, 2021, the Let Immigrants Kickstart Employment Act (“LIKE Act”) was introduced to Congress to establish a new class of nonimmigrant visas for...
Summer Investor Travel for Returning F-1 Students & NIE Update
Recently the U.S. government has made several proclamations to limit the entry to the United States for people who have been in countries with high...
USCIS Officially Reinstates Pre-Modernization EB-5 Regulations
Below is the update posted on the USCIS website in response to the court decision that vacated the EB-5 Modernization Regulation. The update is published...
U.S. District Court Vacates EB-5 Modernization Regulations
June 23, 2021 — The lawsuit Behring Regional Center LLC v. Chad Wolf (3:20-cv-09263-JSC) was decided yesterday, June 22, 2021. The order of the United...