The House and the Senate passed a stopgap spending bill yesterday to fund the U.S. government through January 19, 2018, pending signature by President Trump. An extension to the existing EB-5 Regional Center program is included in the bill. As always, Miller Mayer...
Topic: Immigration Updates
U.S. Mission in Canada Implements New Appointment Scheduling System for E Visas
On December 5, 2017, the U.S. Mission in Canada (E Visa Unit, American Consulate General, Toronto) sent an alert announcing a new appointment scheduling system for E visa applications. The Mission said this is "strictly a processing change that will allow us to...
Attorney General Issues Memo on Reducing Immigration Court Backlogs
On December 5, 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memorandum to the Department of Justice's Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), "Renewing Our Commitment to the Timely and Efficient Adjudication of Immigration Cases to Serve the National...
USCIS Issues FAQ on Rejected DACA Requests, Resubmissions
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently released frequently asked questions (FAQ) on rejected Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) requests and resubmissions. The FAQ notes that the due date for new, initial DACA requests was September 5,...
Supreme Court Allows Trump Travel Ban to Proceed; State Dept. Issues Guidance
On December 4, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's motions for emergency stays of preliminary injunctions issued by U.S. District Courts in Hawaii and Maryland. The preliminary injunctions had prohibited the government from fully enforcing...
USCIS Is Accepting Applications Under International Entrepreneur Rule (IER) But Plans Proposed Rule to Eliminate IER
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on December 14, 2017, that it is taking steps to implement the International Entrepreneur Rule (IER) in accordance with a recent court decision. USCIS noted that while the agency implements the IER, the...
New EB-5 Backlog Option: Entrepreneur Parole
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EB-5 Site Visits: Coming to a JCE Near You
The latest issue of IIUSA’s Regional Center Journal is out now! In it you can read Carolyn Lee’s article “EB-5 Site Visits: Coming to a JCE Near You”, outlining the steps you can take to prepare for a USCIS inspection at the job-creating entity site for an EB-5...
Straight Talk on Redeployment
This article was originally published by EB5 Investors.com here. By Carolyn S. Lee Scenario: The EB-5 loan has a 5 year maturity and the note is due. The project has been successful and is completed. All the jobs have been created, sufficient for all the EB-5...
Supreme Court Allows Implementation of Immigration Travel Ban 3.0: What This Means*
Supreme Court Allows Implementation of Immigration Travel Ban 3.0: What This Means* What happened at the Supreme Court yesterday? In late September, President Trump issued his third attempt at imposing travel restrictions on people from certain countries. We call...
