Washington, D.C., March 23, 2023: The U.S. Department of State just released the April 2023 Visa Bulletin. In this report we highlight the Visa Bulletin’s progress (or retrogression) on key visa categories. EB1 India and China Both countries remain unchanged from the March 2023 Visa Bulletin. The...
Since 2023, the U.S. government requires all persons and companies engaged in promoting investments in the EB-5 immigration program to register with USCIS before promoting investments, and thereafter, to remain in compliance with the USCIS rules. Applicants not working through a registered agent risk denial...
Washington, D.C, March 17, 2023: On Thursday, March 16, 2023, some users were not able to complete the H-1B registration process. USCIS has corrected this technical issue and will now accept registrations until 5:00 p.m. Eastern on Monday, March 20, 2023. Please note that any paid and...
On March 15, 2023, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) invited a total of 7,000 Express Entry candidates to apply for permanent residence in its 3 rd All Program draws for this year. The minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) cut-off was 490 Points. Candidates from the...
On March 15, 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the biometrics submission requirement and US$85 fee requirement for petitioners filing Form I-526E (Immigrant Petition by Regional Center Investor) are no longer in effect. Ques: Why USCIS eliminates the biometrics submission and fee requirement? Ans:...
Washington D.C., March 13, 2023: News broke over the weekend that three U.S. banks were being shuttered by U.S. banking regulators because they were experiencing financial constraints. Of these three banks, one would be familiar to many EB-5 investors: Signature Bank. Many EB-5 Regional Centers...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services finally issued comprehensive guidance on parole for international entrepreneurs. The International Entrepreneur Parole program (IEP) was launched on January 17, 2017, with the stated purpose of spurring entrepreneurship, innovation and job creation in the United States. The IEP program provides “parole”...
Washington, D.C., March 8, 2023: USCIS recently announced that it is expanding premium processing to additional forms. In March, USCIS is expanding premium processing to certain F-1 students seeking Optional Practical Training (OPT) and F-1 students seeking STEM OPT extensions who have a pending Form...
On March 1, 2023, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a Federal Register Notice informing that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will start collecting fees for the EB-5 Integrity Fund to administer EB-5 Regional Center Program, as required under the EB-5 Reform and...
On February 1, 2023, Indian Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman announced the union budget for the financial year 2023. According to which, the Tax Collected at Source ("TCS") for foreign outward remittances under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme ("LRS") will be increased from 5% to 20%. TCS on...
