On June 5, 2015, Senators Leahy (Democrat from Vermont) and Grassley (Republican from Iowa) introduced draft legislation S.1501 in the Senate Judiciary Committee, that will renew the EB-5 Regional Center program until year 2020. The proposed legislation confirms bi-partisan support for renewing the EB-5 Program in the U.S. Senate.
On June 4, 2015 USCIS held an open forum conference call with EB-5 industry stakeholders focused on the issue of economic analysis of job creation for EB-5 projects.
In its Visa Bulletin for April 2015, the Department of State announced that it expects to set a cut-off date for mainland Chinese born EB-5 visa petitioners “no later than June”. This means that by June 2015, persons born in Mainland China will become subject to a waiting list to obtain an EB-5 visa.
On February 16, 2015, a Federal Judge in Texas granted a temporary injunction which stops implementation of President Obama’s recent executive action which sought to grant relief from deportation to up to 5 million undocumented immigrants. The Federal Judge’s ruling was based on a lawsuit...
Today, USCIS announced by email that it will soon release an updated Form G-28 Notice of Entry of Appearance as Attorney or Accredited Representative. Form G-28 allows USCIS to verify that an applicant is duly represented by an attorney. USCIS stated that it is currently making...
