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Jodi Xu Klein, South China Morning Post, Dec. 29, 2018 - "With a sharp uptick in Chinese applications for the visa programme known as EB-5, waiting times for applicants to obtain US residency have tripled to as long as 15 years. But the programme...

Zhang v. USCIS - "[T]he essential issue is whether lawfully-obtained, loan proceeds invested in the enterprise as cash are properly characterized as “cash” or as “indebtedness” pursuant to 8 C.F.R. § 204.6(e). Because...

Mary Diduch, National Real Estate Investor, Nov. 30, 2018 - "I predict that Congress will extend EB-5 again without any changes … maybe in the spring everybody can agree on a reform package that Congress can enact,” says Stephen Yale...

USCIS Policy Alert : Immigrant Investors and Debt Arrangements (Oct. 30, 2018) - " This update to Volume 6 of the Policy Manual clarifies which redemption agreements are considered debt arrangements."

IIUSA, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Real Estate Roundtable, EB-5 Investment Coalition, and American Immigration Lawyers Association, July 5, 2016 - "IIUSA joined leading EB-5 trade associations/coalitions ( U.S. Chamber of Commerce , Real Estate Roundtable...

Alana Semuels, The Atlantic, Sept. 21, 2015 - "Getting an EB-5 visa might get a little bit harder, though, depending on what Congress decides to do next. [ Cornell law professor and LexisNexis expert author Stephen] Yale-Loehr thinks there’s...

"Millions each year apply for U.S. visas, hoping it will be the ticket to a better life. The process often takes years, and there are few guarantees of success. But what if you could buy your way to the front of the line? One visa allows investors...

Law360, Los Angeles (July 6, 2015, 10:24 PM ET) -- "The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday accused a Bay Area oil and gas company and its CEO of running a $68 million "Ponzi-like" scheme that targeted the Chinese-American...

Allissa Wickham, Law360, Sept. 16, 2016 - "“I think that there is serious concern about the EB-5 program, and people want to make reforms. But I think that people realize that it's too much to expect that Congress can make those reforms...

Rosalie Murphy, Desert Sun, Oct. 30, 2015 - " At least 85 percent of EB-5 investors come from China, according to Cornell University immigration law professor Stephen Yale-Loehr . Part of the appeal of immigrant investor programs such as EB-5, he...

Here is a link to a PDF combining the Complaint (pages 1-17) and the TRO (pages 18-27) issued Aug. 24, 2015 in SEC v. Path America, No. 2:15-cv-01350-JLR, W.D. Wa. Excerpts: "Since February 2012, defendants Lobsang Dargey; Path America, LLC; Path...

"Former NBA forward Theo Ratliff and various entertainment-related companies urged a Georgia federal judge on Friday to toss a $45 million lawsuit brought by a Georgia-based production studio alleging that it was pushed out of a lucrative funding...

"For foreign investors who have the money, the [ EB-5 investor visa ] program can be an easy way to gain legal residency in the United States. In 2009, Yi Lin, 47, was working as a media executive in Shanghai when he began thinking of applying...

LexisNexis immigration law expert author and Cornell law professor Steve Yale-Loehr is in the news regarding Donald Trump's Muslim ban proposal ( here and here ) and the EB-5 investor visa program ( here .)

Allissa Wickham, Law360, Aug. 4, 2015 - "With a key provision of the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program slated to expire in September, some attorneys are giving up their summer vacations to cope with an onslaught of client requests — but the frenzy...