Posted May 4, 2016 The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a proposed rule today May 4, 2016 proposing to increase filing fees for many immigration forms. Click here to see the proposed rule and summary of increases at Table 9. The proposed...
Topic: Immigration Updates
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO HOLD EB-5 HEARING 2/11/16
Updated February 11, 2016 The House hearing entitled, “Is the Investor Visa program an Underperforming Asset” will be held at 2:00 PM (EST) on Thursday, February 11, 2016. Please note the time change from 10:15 AM. The webcast is available at:...
Congress Extends EB-5 Program For One Year Without Changes
By Stephen Yale-Loehr Posted December 16, 2015 It appears that Congress will extend the regional center part of the EB-5 immigrant investor program until September 30, 2016, without any changes. After more than six months of efforts to reform the program in exchange...
Section-By-Section Summary Of Senate Legislative Council Draft Of November 7, 2015
Prepared by Stephen Yale-Loehr* Posted November 13, 2015 Title 1: Reauthorization and Reform of the Regional Center Program Section 101: Title: American Job Creation and Investment Promotion Reform Act of 2015. Section 102: Reauthorizes EB-5 regional center program...
PLANNING FOR EB-5 RETROGRESSION FOR INVESTORS FROM CHINA 06/13/14
By Steve Yale-Loehr Posted June 13, 2014 This memorandum is for EB-5 investors, regional centers, and project developers to help you understand and plan for possible EB-5 retrogression for cases from mainland China. What is retrogression? Every employment-based (EB)...
STATE DEPARTMENT WARNS THAT EB-5 CATEGORY MAY RETROGRESS THIS SUMMER 04/29/14
By Steve Yale-Loehr Posted April 29, 2014 A State Department official speaking at an immigration law conference in Washington, DC on April 11, 2014, warned that higher than anticipated usage in the EB-5 immigrant investor green card category may require the State...
