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Dustin Saldarriaga writes: "Earlier today we received a favorable decision from Judge Koeltl (SDNY) denying the government’s motion to dismiss where our client (a national of Canada) had been waiting more than three years for a decision on...

USCIS, Oct. 6, 2022 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to incorporate changes resulting from the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022. ... Policy Highlights • Incorporates...

EB5 Capital v. DHS "Previously Approved Regional Centers Retain Approval ... Previously Approved Regional Centers May Immediately File Project Applications and USCIS Must Thereafter Accept Investor Petitions ... Previously Approved Regional Centers...

Behring Regional Center v. Mayorkas "In March 2022, Congress enacted the Reform and Integrity Act, which reauthorized and revamped the system governing so-called regional centers—entities that pool investments from foreign visa applicants...

USCIS, May 13, 2022 - "On Friday, May 13, 2022, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published two new forms: Form I-956, Application for Regional Center Designation , and I-956H, Bona Fides of Persons Involved with Regional Center Program...

USCIS, Apr. 29, 2022, Q&A " Are previously designated regional centers able to maintain their designation without filing a Form I-956, Application for Regional Center Designation? No. The EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 repealed the...

DOS, Apr. 12, 2022 "On March 15, 2022, President Biden signed a law that made changes to the EB-5 program, authorized a new EB-5 Immigrant Investor Regional Center Program, and directed that certain “grandfathered” immigration benefits...

Nicolai Hinrichsen, Stephen Yale-Loehr and Adam Schaye, Mar. 21, 2022 "...Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, the regional center program has been resurrected. On March 15, 2022, President Biden signed a $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill that...

Hugo Martín, Los Angeles Times, Mar. 14, 2022 "In an aging Hollywood neighborhood known for its dive bars, pawn shops and tattoo parlors, three luxury hotels and a private events center opened over the last five years, with the help of millions...

EB-5 Daily, Mar. 11, 2022 "The EB-5 Regional Center Program expired in June 2021. Since then, the EB-5 Regional Center Program has been in purgatory, with applicants unsure of their status and rights. As of earlier this week, the United States...

This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 09/13/2021 "ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment. SUMMARY: On January 17, 2017, DHS published a final rule with new regulatory provisions guiding the use of parole on a case...

USCIS, July 22, 2021 - Immigrant Investors and Investment of Loan Proceeds "Noncitizens may seek an immigrant visa based on their investment in a new commercial enterprise in the United States if they meet certain related minimum investment and...

USCIS, July 15, 2021 "This technical update explains that on June 22, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, in Behring Regional Center LLC v. Wolf , 20-cv-09263-JSC, vacated the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Modernization...

Wang v. Blinken "The Immigration and Nationality Act makes a limited number of visas available to foreign investors who create jobs in the United States. It also grants investors’ spouses and children the “same status” and “same...

H. Ronald Klasko and Tammy Fox-Isicoff, July 6, 2021 "The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program saw two very important changes in June 2021. Below are the most common questions our EB-5 visa lawyer team members have been answering as the industry adjusts...