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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...

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."

China Daily, Mar. 21, 2018 - "When Congress considers another stop-gap bill to fund the government, it almost always includes an extension for the EB-5 immigrant investment program. And that scenario is likely to occur again later this week, according...

USCIS, May 2, 2018 - "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in Volume 6, Part G of the USCIS Policy Manual regarding the documentation of conditional permanent resident (CPR) status for employment-based fifth...

Stuart Anderson, Forbes, Dec. 3, 2017 - "What legal options are available for foreign-born entrepreneurs in America? ... The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation found that “Immigrants are almost twice as likely as the native-born to become entrepreneurs...

USCIS, June 14, 2017, PA-2017-01 Policy Alert SUBJECT: Job Creation and Capital At Risk Requirements for Adjudication of Form I-526 and Form I-829 Purpose U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating the USCIS Policy Manual...

Cyrus Mehta, May 22, 2017 - "The EB-5 green card program for foreign investors is very much in the news due to its connection with President Trump! A series of news reports have highlighted the Kushner family’s attempt to raise funds through...

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 9 / Friday, January 13, 2017 - "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposes to amend its regulations governing the employment-based, fifth preference (EB–5) immigrant investor classification and associated...

"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...

Angelo Paparelli, July 23, 2017 - "Memes, apocrypha, obfuscation, head feints, hand-wringing, and supposition: These are the misleading and unreliable stuff of the Interweb. To a great extent, alas, they also infect the EB-5 ecospace. This article...

"As his son moved through high school, Xiaohong Mu began researching the immigration policies of Western countries where he believed his boy would get the best education. The owner of a petroleum-engineering firm in the southwest Chinese city...

"When Andrew Kimball needed $60 million to help redevelop the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 2009, the president of the 300-acre industrial park boarded a plane for China. Halfway around the world, he made a compelling pitch to potential investors packing...