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Immigration Alert: April 2013

by Patrick Brady, Robert Groban, Jang Hyuk Im, Greta Ravitsky | Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. on 5/2/2013

In This Issue: Comprehensive Immigration Reform Debate Begins! USCIS Reports That H-1B Cap Is Reached in First Week; New Form I-9 Becomes Effective on May 7, 2013; CBP Announces Form I-94 Automation; DOS Permits Access to...more

The Chicago Regional Center: A Lesson in Due Diligence

by Jennifer Roeper | Fowler White Boggs P.A. on 3/15/2013

In the wake of the Security and Exchange Commission’s lawsuit against Anthoo R. Sethi, founder of the Chicago based EB-5 regional center who defrauded 250 foreign investors, many are now questioning the EB-5 program. What...more

USCIS Proposes Changes to EB-5 Policy for Foreign Investors

by Ronald Shapiro on 2/25/2013

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (the “USCIS”) published on Feb. 14, 2013, a revised draft of a proposed policy memo concerning the Immigrant Investor Program (otherwise known as the EB-5 visa program). This...more

Iowa Immigration Law Blog: USCIS releases draft EB5 policy memo

by Lori Chesser | Davis Brown Law Firm on 2/18/2013

Our Valentine from USCIS this year was the release of a draft EB5 policy memo. EB5 is the “million dollar investment/10 jobs” category. It does not always require $1 million ($500,000 in rural areas or designated high...more

SEC Freezes Assets and Brings Civil Charges against EB-5 Investor Visa Project

by Mahsa Aliaskari, Dawn Lurie, John Tishler | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/12/2013

In the first SEC enforcement action of its kind, the SEC announced on February 8, 2013 that it had filed civil charges against, and received an emergency order to freeze assets of, the Intercontinental Regional Center Trust...more

SEC Brings Case Involving EB-5 Investment Program

by David Smyth | Brooks Pierce on 2/11/2013

It’s not often that the securities enforcement and immigration law worlds collide, but I suppose it occasionally happens....more

Handling EB-5 Cases from South Korea

by William Flynn | Fowler White Boggs P.A. on 1/8/2013

EB-5 cases for South Korean nationals may present very unique issues. Here are some important pointers to consider when handling such cases...more

New EB-5 Program Office to be Established in Washington, DC

by Douglas Hauer | Mintz Levin - Immigration on 12/3/2012

During today’s EB-5 Stakeholder’s Meeting, USCIS announced the creation of a new EB-5 Program Office in Washington, DC. The Chief of the new EB-5 Program Office will report to the Deputy Director of USCIS. This is a...more

Selective Overview of U.S. Immigration Law Issues

by Jackson Walker on 11/27/2012

I. EB-5 Regional Center - HISTORY: Congress created the fifth employment-based prefernce (EB-5) immigrant visa category in 1990 for immigrants seeking to enter to engage in a commercial enterprise that will benefit...more

The Strategic Plan for U.S. Immigration in the Immigration Reform Vacuum

by Cox Smith on 5/9/2012

Kathleen Campbell Walker assesses the state of affairs of immigration law and delivers a prognosis for employers: with increased litigation a looming threat for those with poor corporate immigration compliance practices,...more

Immigration Reform in a Vacuum

by Kathleen Campbell Walker on 11/10/2011

In the ten years post the September 11 acts of terror against the United States (U.S.) and the more recent economic downturn in the U.S., the issue of immigration reform has been basically an anathema to the public and our...more

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