Part 2 of ABIL EB-5 Webinar Series to Occur on July 6

  On July 6, ABIL lawyers will be presenting a the second of a three-part webinar series, co-sponsored by Invest in the USA, to help guide individual investors and others, as well as U.S. companies that want to attract foreign investors and wealthy individuals. The series will explain immigration options and offer practical real-world strategies: [...]

Houston Chronicle Offers Critical Profile of Texas Regional Centers

In this profile of the EB-5 program, the Houston Chronicle explains why some Texas regional centers might be a very risky gamble for immigrant investors: Federal program offers investors visas, a lot of risk Some Texas companies that handle the deals have legal problems, other issues It’s been billed as a way to get a [...]

USCIS Offers Proposal for “Improvement of the EB-5 Program”

The following message from Alejandro Mayorkas was just posted to The Beacon, the official blog of USCIS. It includes a link to a USCIS proposal to improve the EB-5 program, which has been published for public comment until June 17, 2011: The EB-5 Program: Creating Jobs in America As many of you know, we at [...]

Last Day to Register for ILW.com ‘EB-5 for Experts’ Phone Seminar

Today is the last day to register for the ILW.com EB-5 for Experts phone seminar to be held on May 19. Speakers include Michael Gibson of USAdvisors.org, Joseph Bartlett of Sullivan & Worcester, Ignacio A. Donoso at the law firm FosterQuan, Michael Homeier of Homeier & Law, attorney H. Ronald Klasko, Michael J. Mard of the [...]

ABA Lunch and Learn Series to Discuss EB-5

The ABA Section of Litigation’s Immigration Litigation Committee is proud to present the next installment of our Lunch and Learn Series, “Avoiding Securities Pitfalls When Advising EB-5 Clients.” The Lunch and Learn Series offers complementary teleconferences featuring prominent attorneys specializing in various aspects of immigration law and litigation. Join us on May 18, 2011, 1:00–2:30 [...]

Philadelphia Regional Center Repays Full Principal to 26 EB-5 Immigrant Investors

Out of Philadelphia comes a success story for a long-established EB-5 regional center. CanAm Enterprises, which operates four regional centers in Pennsylvania, California, and Hawaii, has just announced that all 26 investors in its Temple University Health System project have been repaid the full principal on their $500,000 investment. The $13 million loan, which reached [...]

Miami Law Firm Introduces EB-5-Focused Website

The Miami immigration law firm Bernstein Osberg-Braun & de Moraes has just launched EB5InvestorVisa.com, a website focused exclusively on the firm’s EB-5 activities. The following press release provides the details: Miami Immigration Law Firm Launches New EB-5 Investor Visa Website Bernstein Osberg-Braun & de Moraes is pleased to announce the launch of its new website, [...]

China Open to Immigration Trend, Article Says

The following editorial comes from the Asia Times Online: China sees bright side of elite exodus By Wu Zhong, China Editor HONG KONG – While optimism is growing about the inevitability of the Middle Kingdom rising as a world power, more rich and talented Chinese individuals are migrating overseas, particularly to Western countries. This is [...]

New Dallas Development to Use EB-5 Funding

This from D Magazine in Dallas, Texas: Dallas Secures Foreign Funds for $30M Multifamily Project The City of Dallas Regional Center, Dallas’ foreign investment program, will partially fund construction of Zang Triangle, a $30 million multifamily development that’s under way in North Oak Cliff. Developed by Lang Partners LLC, the project is expected to create [...]

Minnesota Counties to Benefit From New North Dakota Regional Center

The University of North Dakota Center for Innovation Foundation’s approval to operate as an EB-5 regional center has created a new EB-5 investment zone that includes counties in North Dakota and Minnesota. The following stories – one of which is an editorial singing the praises of EB-5 – come from the Fergus Falls Journal in [...]

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