Three days into the government shutdown, Senate Majority Leader McConnell (R-KY) and Senate Minority Leader Schumer (D-NY) took to the Senate floor Monday afternoon to announce an agreement to end the impasse and reopen the...more
1/26/2018
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DACA ,
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Foreign Investment ,
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Immigrant Investor Program ,
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Three days into the government shutdown, Senate Majority Leader McConnell (R-KY) and Senate Minority Leader Schumer (D-NY) took to the Senate floor Monday afternoon to announce an agreement to end the impasse and reopen the...more
1/25/2018
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DACA ,
EB-5 ,
EB-5 Regional Centers ,
Foreign Investment ,
Government Shutdown ,
Immigrant Investor Program ,
Investors ,
Time Extensions ,
Trump Administration ,
Visa Applications ,
Visas
Like Elsa, the Princess in Disney’s classic Frozen, once again the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has utilized its power to freeze. In this case, the freezing of assets. In what has become an increasingly common...more
10/12/2017
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Civil Monetary Penalty ,
EB-5 ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Foreclosure Sales ,
Foreign Investment ,
Green Cards ,
Investors ,
Misallocation of Funds ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Fraud
On August 11, 2016, USCIS published new processing times for I-829 petitions. The news is not good for EB-5 investors. USCIS is now taking in excess of 21 months to adjudicate I-829 petitions. This means that EB-5 investors...more
According to data recently supplied by USCIS, there are more than 20,000 I-526 petitions pending adjudication as of the end of March 2016. This is a massive backlog of cases. What are the implications of this backlog to...more
Created by the Immigration Act of 1990, the Immigrant Investor Program, more commonly referred to as the EB-5 program, offers foreign investors an opportunity to secure permanent residency in the United States by making a...more
7/8/2015
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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Investment ,
Green Cards ,
Immigrant Investor Program ,
Immigration and Nationality Act ,
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Job Creation ,
Lawful Permanent Residents ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Permanent Residence Cards ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Reauthorization ,
Regional Centers ,
Targeted Employment Area ,
USCIS ,
Visas