Popular, EB-5 | JD Supra

October 2024 Visa Bulletin Released

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP on 9/18/2024

The Department of State released the October 2024 Visa Bulletin and USCIS will accept employment-based Adjustment of Status applications based on the more advanced Dates for Filing chart for the beginning of this fiscal...more

September 2024 Visa Bulletin Released

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP on 8/19/2024

The Department of State released the September 2024 Visa Bulletin. USCIS will continue to accept employment-based Adjustment of Status applications based on the Final Action Dates chart. Most Employment-Based Categories will...more

July 2024 Visa Bulletin Released

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP on 6/13/2024

The Department of State released the July 2024 Visa Bulletin. USCIS will continue to accept employment-based Adjustment of Status applications based on the Final Action Dates chart. Most Employment-Based Categories will...more

June 2024 Visa Bulletin Released

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP on 5/9/2024

The Department of State released the June 2024 Visa Bulletin. USCIS will continue to accept employment-based Adjustment of Status applications based on the Final Action Dates chart. All Employment-Based Categories will hold...more

May 2024 Visa Bulletin Released

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP on 4/11/2024

The Department of State released the May 2024 Visa Bulletin. USCIS will continue to accept employment-based Adjustment of Status applications based on the Final Action Dates chart. Most Employment-Based Categories will hold...more

March 2024 Immigration Visa Bulletin Released

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP on 2/16/2024

The Department of State released the March 2024 Visa Bulletin. In March, USCIS will accept employment-based Adjustment of Status applications based on the more modest Final Action Dates chart for the first time this fiscal...more

Retrogression and Further Delays Expected in the Employment-Based Immigrant Visa Process During May 2023

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 4/14/2023

Employers sponsoring foreign nationals should be aware that some cut-off dates for filing immigrant visa applications in certain employment-based (EB) preference categories have recently “retrogressed” or moved backwards in...more

Analysis of New EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022

Baker Donelson on 3/9/2022

On March 15, 2022, the United States enacted the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 (the 2022 Act) as part of a large omnibus budget package of legislation. The 39-page compromise legislation grandfathers existing workers...more

Great News For Green Card Seekers!

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP on 8/26/2021

Congress has mandated that in a given calendar year, 140,000 employment-based green cards will be awarded to companies sponsoring foreign nationals for permanent employment in the United States. This mandate is effective on...more

New EB-5 Program Rules Start November 21: What To Expect

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP on 11/14/2019

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has made significant changes to the Immigrant Investor Program (EB-5) through their establishment of new EB-5 modernization regulations. The EB-5 program permits individuals...more

Upcoming Changes to EB-5 Visa Regulations for Foreign Investors

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 7/11/2019

In January 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed to change the EB-5 Visa regulations to raise the minimum investment thresholds for eligibility, modify designations and definitions relating to targeted...more

Recent Proposed Regulations and Legislation for the EB-5 Program

Saul Ewing LLP on 3/14/2019

Recent Proposed Regulations - Recently, USCIS has sent new regulations related to the EB-5 Program to the Office of Management Budget ("OMB"). Thereafter, the proposed regulations would then be sent to the General...more

How Does the Government Shutdown Affect Immigration?

UB Greensfelder LLP on 1/8/2019

The federal government entered a partial shutdown on December 22, 2018. With no end in sight as the shutdown enters its third week, many are wondering how the shutdown will affect immigration matters. To provide some insight...more

US Department of State Releases August 2018 Visa Bulletin

Morgan Lewis on 7/18/2018

EB-1 to retrogress for most categories; EB-3 China to advance by one year. The US Department of State has released its August 2018 Visa Bulletin setting out per-country priority date cutoffs that regulate immigrant visa...more

US Department of State Releases July 2018 Visa Bulletin

Morgan Lewis on 6/20/2018

Final Action dates for China and India EB-1 categories remain unchanged, while EB-2 India advances slightly....more

Summary of the Draft EB-5 Reform Act

Saul Ewing LLP on 3/19/2018

There appears to be significant momentum from the Republican contingent in the Senate and the House to pass an EB-5 reform bill entitled, "The EB5 Immigrant Investor Visa and Regional Center Reform Act" (the "Draft Bill") in...more

Chilling Effect of Proposed EB-5 Investment Amounts on EB-5 Regional Centers in Rural States

Mintz - EB-5 Financing Viewpoints on 3/12/2018

Lawmakers are again considering changes to the EB-5 Program. In fact, before the end of this month, we may see provisions from the “Immigrant Investor Visa and Regional Center Program Comprehensive Reform Act” or “EB-5 Reform...more

Continuing Resolution extends EB-5 Program until January 2018

Cozen O'Connor on 12/27/2017

As expected, the House and the Senate passed a Continuing Resolution (the “CR”) last week which extended the Federal budget until January 19, 2018. It is expected that the President will sign the CR. This new short-term...more

EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program: Following Extension, Next Decision Looms

Polsinelli on 12/13/2017

As part of the two-week spending bill that avoids a government shutdown, the Immigrant Investor Program known as EB-5 is extended unchanged through Dec. 22. Without much buzz on Capitol Hill to suggest the imminent release of...more

SEC Continues Its Focus On EB-5 Immigrant Visa Fraud

Fox Rothschild LLP on 9/29/2017

Earlier this year we wrote about the Justice Department’s continuing efforts to combat fraud in the EB-5 immigrant visa program, with the filing of several federal lawsuits seeking the forfeiture of nine real properties...more

The RAISE Act – Legal Immigration Faces Challenges

Burr & Forman on 8/24/2017

In early August, President Trump voiced support for a bill introduced earlier this year by Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and David Perdue (R-GA) to effectively overhaul the current immigration system. The Reforming American...more

Immigrant Visa Processing Changes – EB2/3 India Advances Minimally; EB2 China Will Advance, But EB3 China Will Retrogress; EB3...

Fox Rothschild LLP on 7/13/2017

In our continuing series of reports, Charles (“Charlie”) Oppenheim, Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division, U.S. Department of State, shares his most recent analysis of current trends and future projections for the...more

Today's Popular Updates › EB-5