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...
The U.S. Department of State recently issued the Visa Bulletin for the up-coming month of February 2015. The February 2015 Visa Bulletin continues to show that the EB-5 visa category is current and available for Citizens of China. As expected, the U.S. Department of State introduced...
USCIS released data today indicating that its processing time for I-526 visa petitions increased to an average of 14.7 months, from an average of 13.2 months during September, October and November of 2014. At the recent EB-5 Stakeholder Engagement at which Ignacio Donoso participated in person,...
On November 20, 2014, President Obama announced a series of executive actions aimed at cutting down on illegal immigration at the border, prioritizing the deportation of criminals, not families, improving access to visas for high skilled researchers and entrepreneurs to grow the U.S. economy, and...
As of November 12, 2014, the National Visa Center (NVC) no longer requires applicants to submit original documents with their immigrant visa cases. Instead, the NVC now accepts photocopies of all original documents, such as birth certificates, marriage certificates, and police certificates. Applicants are now...
The DOS has issued a public notice that it will cease requiring original civil documents of applicants for NVC processes of approved IV cases. After November 12, 2014, only copies of civil documents are required to be delivered to the NVC. The applicants will bring their...
