I.A. Donoso & Associates LLC is pleased to announce that we received the first Form I-829 approvals from USCIS for the first EB5 investors in the award-winning Harbourside Place real estate development in Jupiter, Florida. Florida Regional Center / U.S. Immigration Fund was the sponsor of...
DOS has released the Visa Bulletin for April 2016. For EB-5 visas, both regional center and direct investments, the Final Action Priority Date for persons born in mainland China has now been set to February 1, 2014. The Filing Priority Date for persons born in mainland...
On February 2, 2016, the United States Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing titled “The Failures and Future of the EB-5 Regional Center Program: Can it be Fixed?” Senators Grassley and Leahy presided over the hearing, and two witnesses gave testimony during the hearing: Nicholas Colucci,...
December 15, 2015. Congress has agreed to extend the EB-5 Regional Center program until 09/30/2016 with no changes. This solution was adopted after weeks of intense negotiations among key Senators and members of the House of Representatives, culminating in marathon negotiating sessions for the last 2 weeks. The...
I.A. Donoso & Associates has been involved with the last round of negotiations for the extension of the EB-5 Regional Center Program. The last round of negotiations started with the limited release on Wednesday, December 2, 2015, of a proposed text of Senate Bill S.1501 to...
November 25, 2015 There has been a flurry of activity on Capitol Hill in the last two weeks that show promising signs for the renewal and extension of the EB-5 Regional Center Program for 1 to 5 years after the deadline of December 11, 2015. In the...
USCIS has determined that employment based adjustment of status application filings in December 2015 may only use the Application Final Action Dates chart in the Department of State Visa Bulletin for December 2015. This chart only allows applicants with a priority date of 12/13/2013 or before...
The EB-5 visa classification saw progress for Mainland China born petitioners in the November 2015 Visa Bulletin. The November 2015 Visa Bulletin lists the EB-5 category as Current for all countries except Mainland China born petitioners. The Final Action Date for Mainland China born petitioners moves to...
President Obama has approved and signed the short-term law, thereby completing the constitutional requirements for enacting the law. October 1, 2015 On September 30, 2015, the U.S. Congress and the President approved a short-term law named H.R. 719 that funds the U.S. Government’s operations and extends the EB-5...
Today, September 30, 2015, the U.S. Congress approved a short-term law named H.R. 719 that funds the U.S. Government’s operations and extends the EB-5 Regional Center Program until December 11, 2015. September 30, 2015 President Obama has approved and signed the short-term law, thereby completing the constitutional requirements...
