On the evening of Tuesday, December 6, 2016, the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress make public its draft law (known as a “bill”) to extend the EB-5 Regional Center program without changes until April 28, 2017.
On November 30, 2016, USCIS released a draft EB-5 Policy Manual. The draft EB-5 Policy Manual is a compendium and restatement of EB-5 law and USCIS EB-5 policy. USCIS has provided a very short comment period. Comments are due by December 14, 2016. We provide a copy of the USCIS email notice below. I.A. Donoso & Associates will be analyzing and commenting on this draft EB-5 Policy Manual, and will provide further updates as soon as additional information is available.
The U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives passed a Continuing Resolution to fund the government through Dec. 9 in a series of three votes on Wednesday, Sept. 28.
August 29, 2016
On August 29, 2016, the Investor Program Office of U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (“USCIS”) held national a conference call for the EB-5 immigrant investor visa program. This conference call was a follow-up to the July 28, 2016, stakeholder conference call during which technical difficulties made telephonic participation impossible. Leading the Investor Program Office were Nicholas Colucci, Chief of the EB-5 Program, and Laurie McKenzie, Division Chief of Policy.
August 23, 2016
U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services is proposing to adopt a new version of Form I-526 in the coming months. The draft of the new Form I-526 was released on July 11, 2016, and Is open for comment until September 11, 2016.
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