EB-5 Investors Visa

EB-5 Reauthorization has now officially been added to the Federal Omnibus Spending Bill by the House of Representatives, and is expected to be signed in before the deadline. Language contained in the Omnibus bill titled ‘EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act 2022’ will reauthorize EB-5 until September 30th 2027 with some important provisions for both existing…

A significant possibility exists that the EB-5 program will reauthorise on February 22 with an increase in the investment requirement from the present $500,000 to between $700,000 & $750,000. Applicants in the process of applying via Direct EB-5 should consider whether to file their I-526’s by February 21, 2022 as any investment increase in EB-5…

DHS Files Motion to Dismiss Appeal for EB-5 Investment Amount Regarding the EB-5 investment amount, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on January 5th 2022, filed an unopposed motion to dismiss its appeal to the Behring Regional Center lawsuit. The appeal was filed in August 2021 by Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security; Tracy…

October 18, 2021. EB-5 Program Update: EB-5 Direct Update 2021 The latest EB-5 direct update declares that the USA Congress passed a continuing resolution backing the government’s existing appropriations until the 3rd of December, 2021. The Regional Centre (RC) EB-5 program which expired June 30 was not included in this resolution at this time. But,…

September 30, 2021. The U.S. Congress passed a continuing resolution backing the government’s existing appropriations until the 3rd of December, 2021. Unfortunately, this continuing resolution does not include a reauthorization of the EB-5 Regional Center program, which has not been reauthorized since June 30. Actions on I-426 and I-526 petitions will continue to be deferred…

In Brief: How to prepare ahead of a new narrow $500k window suddenly re-opening We correctly predicted in May that a narrow $500k window would shortly open. It did so in June but for just 7 days! Most applicants couldn’t file their EB-5 applications in time Prioritised EB-5 (I-526) case preparation: for our clients to…

News 22 June: US District Court for the Northern District of California. Behring wins action against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reversing the November 2019 legislation back to $500,000 (From $900,000).

News 22 June: US District Court for the Northern District of California. Behring wins action against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reversing the November 2019 legislation back to $500,000 (From $900,000).

Washington, D.C., May 6, 2021: Reports from USCIS and from Donoso & Partners’ own recent experience indicate that USCIS processing times are likely to drop during the remainder of 2021 and through 2022. USCIS processing times are reported based on the average time that it takes USCIS to review and reach a decision on a…