EB-5 Investors Visa

Penny Finally Drops at USCIS – Benefitting pre-2022 Reform & Integrity Act EB-5 Investors. EB-5 projects can now be reviewed by the same adjudicators thereby avoiding duplication whilst increasing workflow. As of July 2023, USCIS introduced a new processing workflow specifically designed for pre-Reform and Integrity Act (RIA) I-526 petitions. This initiative intends to improve…

Does the U.S. Bank Issues Affect EB-5? London. March 14, 2023. Residency Invest Ltd  News broke over the weekend that Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank (SB) were in serious financial difficulties. What does this mean for EB-5 investors?   In a joint statement on Sunday, the FDIC, Federal Reserve and Department of the Treasury said…

17 Feb 23: USCIS Fixes at last: Children Ageing Out Following EB-5 Approval USCIS: “We updated how we calculate the age of child beneficiaries for immigrant visas under the Child Status Protection Act. This will prevent some child beneficiaries from aging out of child status & allow them to adjust status with their parents.” Full…

23 Jan USCIS Extends Green Card Validity for Conditional Permanent Residents with a Pending Form I-751 or Form I-829 USCIS is extending the validity of Permanent Resident Cards (also known as Green Cards) for petitioners who properly file Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence, or Form I-829, Petition by Investor to Remove Conditions on Permanent Resident Status for 48…

USCIS EB-5 Approvals Update Link For any applicants who may have misplaced their USCIS Link for checking their application status. Here it is again: To check processing times when you application is Outside Normal Processing Times: https://egov.uscis.gov/e-request/displayONPTForm.do?entryPoint=init&sroPageType=onpt  EB-5 Approvals have begun to flow The accumulated delays caused by Covid 19 resulting in USCIS staff furloughs and…

EB-5 Waiting List. Indian backlog projections grow worse. You can still bypass the Indian EB-5 wait list. Partial Payments Possible. Regional Center loan option to EB-5 applicants at 7% Unfortunately, it now seems clear there is a big EB-5 waiting list and that Indian applicants applying now will be caught in this waitlist for receiving…

EB-5 Set-aside. Bypass the EB-5 Indian waiting list announced today – Partial & Loans Partial Payments & Loans at 7%. Unfortunately, it now seems clear that Indian applicants applying now will be caught in an EB-5 waiting list for receiving green cards – unless they can get a set-aside. This is due to annual national…

Washington, D.C., September 8, 2022: The Department of State issued the October 2022 Visa Bulletin and it includes important updates for Chinese-born and Indian-born EB-5 petitioners.The Visa Bulletin is the monthly report that determines whether there is a waiting list for U.S. permanent residence visas (“Green Cards”). 1) List A and List B Remain Current for…

Study finds more than half of U.S. startup companies valued at $1 billion or more started by immigrants.  The study from the National Foundation for American Policy indicated that almost two-thirds of U.S. billion-dollar companies were co-founded by immigrants and native-born Americans. Additionally, almost 80% of U.S. unicorn companies (privately-held, billion-dollar companies) have an immigrant…

Article by Lucid Professional Writing – An EB-5 Blog I’m overjoyed to report a positive development. For the first time in years, USCIS is holding an EB-5 stakeholder engagement that promises to include engagement (not just updates and not just listening, but “a question-and-answer session to answer questions“(!!!) From 2010 to 2017, USCIS used to hold…