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The USCIS has been taking progressive steps to improve the adjudication of EB-5 investor visas. Most recently, USCIS made two such announcements: EB-5 Premium Processing: USCIS announced that it will soon start accepting EB-5 visa applications through premium processing. Through premium processing, an applicant can get a response within fifteen days of submitting an application. [...] The USCIS has announced the following statistics concerning the EB-5 visa for investors. The EB-5 visa is a permanent investor visa that allows an applicant and his or her immediate family to gain permanent residency through the investment of between $500,000 and $1 million. This investor visa offers two unique processes to gain the status [...] The EB-5 regional center program is the heavy lifter of the EB-5 visa category. Approximately 90% of all EB-5 visas that are issued each year are through an EB-5 regional center. One reason for this disparity is the view that regional centers require less commitment and concentration by the EB-5 visa holder. Additionally, the evidence [...] During the last few years, one of the biggest growth areas in Immigration law has been the expansion of EB-5 regional centers. A regional center is an entity that has been designated by the USCIS immigration agency. The designation means that the regional center can solicit investments from foreign nationals who seek to obtain permanent [...] The USCIS has recently announced a change of address for the I-526 form. This form is used by EB-5 Visa Investors who are applying for a green card through the EB-5 immigrant investor category. The change of address is meant to streamline the processing of the applications. Additionally, the new address will allow for the [...] The Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) recently upheld the Immigration Agency’s denial of an EB-5 Applicant’s Removal of Conditions. The reason for the denial was the applicants investment of his money in a project that was not approved by the USCIS. As way of background, the EB-5 visa provides immigrant status to foreign national investors who [...] National Public Radio (NPR) recently did a story on the EB-5 visa and how it is helping America’s economic growth. The EB-5 visa allows for a foreign national to obtain a permanent green card if he or she invests one million dollars (or $500,000 in certain circumstances) into a company that will employ at least [...] The closest thing the United States has to a “job-creating” visa is the EB-5 investor visa. The EB-5 visa allows for foreign nationals to enter the United States and obtain lawful permanent residency in return for investing one million dollars ($500,000 in certain circumstances) in a newly formed American company. Additionally, the Eb-5 visa requires [...] Attached to the recently passed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Appropriations Act of 2010, the Conrad State 30, EB-5, and E-verify programs have been extended through September 2012. These three programs are technically “temporary” programs that need to be reaffirmed every couple of years. In reality, these three programs have been continuously reaffirmed for years [...] |
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