Keeping you informed on the latest immigration news.
Congress Poised to Extend EB-5 Regional Center Program Until September 30 Without Changes
Congress is poised to extend the EB-5 regional center program through September 30, 2017, without any changes. Here is how we got to this point: On April 28, 2017, the U.S. Congress passed a one-week stopgap funding bill to prevent a government shutdown and the...
President Trump Signs ‘Buy American and Hire American’ Executive Order
On April 18, 2017, President Donald Trump signed a "Buy American and Hire American" executive order. The order sets the policy of the executive branch as, among other things, rigorously enforcing and administering laws governing entry into the United States of workers...
Webinar: EB-5 Investor Visa: Changes and Predictions
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Congress Votes On One Week EB-5 Program Extension As Part Of Continuing Resolution
Congress voted today to extend the EB-5 program without any changes for one week, until next Friday, May 5, as part of a general continuing resolution that funds the entire U.S. government for the same length of time. Congress did this to give itself more time to try...
Miller Mayer Client The New York City Regional Center Reaches 1,000 Approvals of Unconditional Permanent Residency for EB-5 Investors!
Miller Mayer congratulates our long-standing client, the New York City Regional Center (NYCRC), on reaching 1,000 Form I-829 approvals for investors participating in their projects. The Form I-829 petition is the final stage of the EB-5 immigrant visa process. Once...
EB-5 Regional Center Compliance Audit Program
As announced in March 2017, USCIS will begin conducting regional center compliance audits. According to the USCIS website, “compliance audits are an additional way to enhance EB-5 program integrity and verify information in regional center applications and annual...
New Publications and Items of Interest
Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr edited the latest edition of the Global Business Immigration Practice Guide, released by LexisNexis. Updated annually, the book is a one-stop resource for dealing with questions related to business immigration issues...
Miller Mayer Success Story: L-1A for New U.S. Office
Miller Mayer attorneys Kristal Ozmun and David Wilks successfully obtained L-1 status for the manager and owner of a new North Carolina-based construction and development company. Having successfully managed a similar enterprise in India, our client looked to expand...
Miller Mayer in the News
Miller Mayer attorney Carolyn Lee authored an article on USCIS’s new Regional Center Compliance Audit Program. The article was published in The National Law Review on March 30. To learn more about what this means for EB-5, you can read the article here:...
Miller Mayer Recent and Upcoming Talks
Miller Mayer attorneys will speak at several upcoming conferences: Miller Mayer immigration attorney Steve Yale-Loehr will moderate a panel on the latest EB-5 legislative developments on Thursday April 27 at the Invest in the USA Advocacy Conference in Washington, DC....
