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EB-5 Alert! Congress Extends EB-5 for One Week
By Ali Brodie
Today, Congress extended the EB-5 Program for 1 week through May 5, 2017. The Program was extended as part of a continuing resolution (CR) funding the federal government through May…
EB-5 Insights
Greenberg Traurig’s Kate Kalmykov Quoted in The Jerusalem Post
Greenberg Traurig Shareholder Kate Kalmykov was recently quoted in The Jerusalem Post’s article, “Trumps Visa Policy May Harm Israeli Hi-Tech Innovators.” In the article, Kalmykov addresses Israeli hi-tech companies options…
EB-5 Insights
Update on EB-5 Legislation
As April 28, 2017, approaches we are seeing the release of edits to proposed draft bills from the last session of Congress. Just today, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Senator…
EB-5 Insights
Greenberg Traurig’s Kate Kalmykov Presents At The 2017 Invest In America Summit
Kate Kalmykov recently presented at the 2017 Invest in America Summit in Shenzhen, China. Kalmykov’s panel discussion “EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Under New Immigration Policies” provided an overview of the basics…
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USCIS Launches Regional Center Compliance for the EB-5 Program
USCIS announced on March 21, 2017 the launch of its EB-5 Regional Center Compliance Audit Program (Audit Program). The Regional Center Compliance Audit partially clarifies what USCIS has spoken about…
EB-5 Insights
美国移民局开始要求投资人提供协助货币互换的第三方的资金来源
EB-5投资移民的一个关键要求是需要每个投资人以优势证据（“preponderance of evidence”）表明，他们投资到新商业企业的资金来自合法来源。由于许多国家的货币限制，投资人可能会通过私人资金交换的方式来与第三方互换货币。这种类型的私人货币兑换和在中东流行的“哈瓦拉”系统可能比较相似。 在典型的EB-5货币互换中，投资人将以本地货币转入第三方（实体或自然人）的账户中。然后，第三方再以等额的美元资金转入投资人的海外账户。投资人然后把收到的美元投资到一个新的商业企业。该投资人将妥善记录此货币互换交易，并提交I-526请愿书。通常情况下，投资人并没有提供关于第三方资金来源的任何信息. 直到最近，美国移民局并没有质疑协助货币互换的第三方的资金来源。不过，美国移民局似乎已经改变了内部政策，并已开始对每个使用第三方协助资金交换的案件发出补件要求。该政策似乎针对所有第三方，无论是实体还是自然人。因此，已经提交I-526申请，但未提供文件证明第三方资金来源的投资人应开始考虑，并为可能发出的补件要求做准备。尚未提交I-526申请，但打算使用第三方资金交换方式来将货币转到美国的投资人应考虑收集有关第三方资金来源的文件，这样可能有助于减少收到补件要求的可能性。
EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program
USCIS Message: EB-5 Regional Center Compliance Audits
Dear Stakeholder, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announces the launch of an EB-5 Regional Center Compliance Audit Program. Regional center compliance audits are an additional way to enhance program integrity…
EB-5 Insights
Senate Bill S. 232 Introduced to Abolish the EB-5 Program
On Jan. 24, 2017, Senators Grassley (R-IA) and Feinstein (D-CA), the Chair and Ranking Committee members of the Senate Judiciary Committee introduced bill S. 232 to terminate the EB-5 Visa…
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Greenberg Traurig’s Nataliya Rymer Cited in the USCIS’s Proposed Rule Addressing EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Modernization
Greenberg Traurig attorney, Nataliya Rymer, was recently cited in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking to amend the current EB-5 regulations, which was published in the Federal Register pursuant…
Inside Business Immigration
Greenberg Traurig’s Nataliya Rymer Cited in the USCIS’s Proposed Rule Addressing EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Modernization
Greenberg Traurig attorney, Nataliya Rymer, was recently cited in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking to amend the current EB-5 regulations, which was published in the Federal Register pursuant…