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EB-5 Visa Program
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Capital Thinking
Senate Judiciary Committee Confirms Hearing on EB-5 Target Employment Areas; Brussels Attacks Prompt Security Reassessments in US, Could Increase Summer Travel Delays
By Clark Ervin, Ludmilla Kasulke
Legislative Activity Senate Judiciary Committee Confirms Hearing on EB-5 Target Employment Areas The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold its second hearing of the year examining the EB-5 Regional Center Program. …
Capital Thinking
Senate Panel to Consider Changes to Investment Visa Program
By Clark Ervin, Ludmilla Kasulke
Legislative Activity Senate Panel to Consider Changes to Investment Visa Program This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing to consider changes to the EB-5 Regional Center Program. This…
Crunched Credit
With Its End in Sight, EB-5 Survives!
In an uninteresting turn of events last week, Congress has passed the Omnibus Bill, which contained a provision extending the EB-5 program until September 30, 2016, with no other changes…
Crunched Credit
The Death of EB-5 Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
By Rick Jones, Jonathan Castellanos
Earlier this year we discussed the uncertain future of the EB-5 Visa Program, one of the most successful inbound investment programs of recent years, as evidenced by the $5.2 billion…
Immigration
Reform on the horizon for the popular EB-5 Program
By Lindsey Zohn Parker, Suzanne M. Amaducci-Adams
The 2016 political season has kicked into high gear, sparking lively discussions about major issues affecting the country. Two of the most significant issues being debated among the candidates are…
Crunched Credit
The EB-5 Visa Program: the Rebirth of the Immigration Investor Program
By Rick Jones, Jonathan Castellanos
This is a good news story for once. But, of course, since the father of this soupcon of good news is our government, it’s almost unintended. From the ashes of…
Inside Business Immigration
美国国务院宣布中国投资人EB-5申请将于2015年5月1日开始排期
Following is the Chinese translation of a previously published blog post: 2015年4月13日,在华盛顿举行的“赴美投资”会议上,美国国务院签证控制和披露处负责人Charles Oppenheim宣布,自2015年5月1日开始,中国的EB-5申请人将面临排期。Oppenheim实际上在2014年10月的时候就已经暗示这一天会到来。2015年5月的签证公告进一步证实了这点。因此,这将意味着中国的EB-5移民签证类别会面临2年的排期,截止日期为2013年5月1日。截止日期将决定EB-5移民签证的发放顺序。截止日是由I-526申请提交的日期决定的。每个I-526申请的批准通知中的优先日一栏中都会列出一个日期。因此,根据2015年5月的签证公告,截止日划定在2013年5月1日,意味着在2015年5月,只有优先日早于2013年5月1日或者优先日是2013年5月1日的中国EB-5申请人(及其受益申请人)才能申请EB-5移民签证。签证公告中的日期或者向前推进,或者倒退,或者保持不变,这些变化每个月都回定期公布。因此,对于申请人来说,通过每个月查询国务院的签证公告来判断自己的优先日是否有效,至关重要。我们之前发表的博客文章详细的解释了怎样使用签证公告。 Oppenheim还透露2015年4月批准的EB-5 申请的签证费通知单(国家签证中心在处理领馆程序中的签证收费收据)会很快寄出。此外,国务部和移民局很快会提供I-824申请 (基于已被批准的申请而提出的申请)的指导意见。 签证排期是根据出生国而非公民身份国作出的,意识到这点至关重要。因此,只有在中国大陆出生的投资人会受到影响。出生在香港,台湾,或澳门的申请人并不受影响。此外,如果EB-5申请人的配偶并非出生在中国大陆,那么投资人可以被视作其配偶出生地的申请人来进行申请,而避开中国排期的影响。 我们想提醒读者和此消息相关的另外一条消息,即奥巴马总统在2014年11月的关于移民政策改革的一些提议,这些改革可能会积极地影响EB-5项目。这些提议包括维持现有法规、变更现有法规、以及关于签证与时俱进的总统备忘录。我们之前的博客文章作了详细的分析。 对于通过《行政程序法案》而宣布的法规变更,在两方面可能会使EB-5投资人收益。首先,如果投资人是研究人员、发明人、或者企业创立人,那么他们可以被保释进入美国。其次,“提前身份调整”会使一些优先日尚未生效的身份调整申请人提交身份调整申请,并且获得工作许可和旅行许可。 关于签证与时俱进的总统备忘录,有两点可能会积极的影响EB-5申请人。首先,EB-5投资人有可能会基于国会分配的剩余未用签证名额而重新获得永久居留权签证,即剩余的签证名额会分配给下一年使用。如果总统允许国务部追溯至过去五年或更久,将那些年EB-5类别中的剩余未用签证名额重新分配给现在的EB-5申请人使用,这对于EB-5 将有重大的影响。其次,有可能不计算受益申请人(配偶及子女)的签证名额。目前,当EB-5主申请人的EB-5申请提交并获得批准时,他们的家庭成员也计算在1万个EB-5移民签证的限额中。
ImmigrationProf Blog
OIG Release about Mayorkas and EB-5 Visas Sparks Concern
DHS Dep. Sec. Alejandro MayorkasYesterday, the Office of Inspector General released the following statement:The Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General has concluded its investigation into allegations that former…
EB-5 Insights
Greenberg Traurig Attorney Presents at The University of Michigan on Post-Graduate Visa Options
Last week, Greenberg Traurig EB-5 attorney Kate Kalmykov presented to students at the University of Michigan on the topic of “Post-Graduate Immigration Options with a Focus on the USCIS EB-5…
Real Estate Legal Update
(US) The EB-5 Visa Program: A Popular Real Estate Financing Program’s Reauthorization Is Uncertain
The EB-5 Visa Program has become an increasingly popular vehicle for real estate project financing in the United States. Last year, for the first time in the Program’s history, the…