EB-5 Set-Aside Visa Retrogression in 2025? Updates (source of funds litigation, options after I-829 denial, election impacts) October 2024 wrap-up (Integrity Fee due, EB-5 diligence resources, retrogression update) Webinar on new I-526E filing and adjudication intel August 2024 I-485 re...
(TEA). Alternatively, they can collaborate through an approved Regional Center to pool funds and engage in projects that encourage economic growth. In addition, the EB-5 program requires that the investment be “at risk,” meaning that it must involve the potential for both financial gain...
Step 1: Filing the EB-5 petition. This petition process requests USCIS to certify the investor and his/her qualifying family members and the investment as eligible for EB-5 visa status. Form used for this process if Form I-526, also known as "Petition for Alien Entrepreneur" and location ...
But first, I’ve prepared tables based on my primary interest: what the visa office report tells us about visa backlog status for China, India, and Rest of the World countries. For my first chart, I take FY2023 EB-5 visa issuance numbers and put them in context of the 11/2022 NVC ...
The EB-5 visa program has become a popular option for foreign nationals seeking permanent residency in the United States. The program, which was established in 1990, provides a pathway for eligible individuals to invest in the American economy and obtain a Green Card. One of the ways that inv...
A priority date is the date that the USCIS receives an immigrant investor’s EB-5 petition to participate in the program. It is your place on the green card queue and will have to become ‘current’, meaning you have reached the front of the queue and a visa number has become available...
if the project is located in a targeted employment area (TEA)] must be at risk, meaning the funds must be out of the control of the investor, either placed in the project’s escrow account or directly into the project. The funds must be invested in the EB-5 project prior to filing ...
provides that the investor may demand return of or redeem some portion of capital after obtaining conditional lawful permanent resident status (i.e., following approval of the investor’s Form I-526 and subsequent visa issuance or, in the case of adjustment, approval of the investor’s Form I...
“bank account or escrow account” and the funds must be redeployed into an “at-risk” activity. (The draft memo defines “at-risk” in the context of EB-5 as meaning that the capital must have a “risk of loss and a chance for gain” – which could be a topic of a standalone ...
The F1 student visa is a single intent visa, meaning you promise to enter the US to study, and then return to your home country once you finish your studies. This means that an F1 visa is not a direct path to a green card, and you cannot enter the US on the F1 visa with... ...