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Mu v. Barr "Derivative beneficiaries of an alien entrepreneur in the immigrant investor program (EB-5 program), who receive conditional legal permanent resident (“LPR”) status, are entitled to the same review rights in removal proceedings...

Shilpa Phadnis, TNN, July 25, 2019 "The US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) has just announced an increase in the standard minimum investment amount to $1.8 million, from $1 million. For high unemployment areas, the amount has been...

Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 142 / Wednesday, July 24, 2019 "This final rule amends Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regulations governing the employment-based, fifth preference (EB–5) immigrant investor classification and associated...

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...

"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...

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...

"Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder asked the federal government Thursday to set aside thousands of work visas for highly skilled immigrants willing to live and work in the bankrupt city of Detroit for five years. "Let's send a message to the entire...

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...

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...

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...