How to Apply for EB5 Regional Center Designation, Part I

EB5 Visa News readers have been asking for information on how they can apply for EB-5 Regional Center Designation.   To be sure, the process is complicated and we recommend hiring experts to help in filing the application, but this document should help illustrate the process and what the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) [...]

Errors and omissions in USCIS EB-5 Regional Center databases

USAdvisors is constantly monitoring the release of information from USCIS concerning recently designated EB5 Regional Centers, as well as monitoring changes to existing EB5 Regional Center information for our EB5 visa immigrant investor clients.  We have noticed in the past few weeks that there are errors and omissions in the  databases and in the information [...]

Obama signs FY 2010 DHS Spending Bill

Obama signs FY 2010 DHS Spending Bill JOSEPH PIMENTEL | AJPRESS Law ends widow penalty, includes to other petitions A NEW law signed by President Barack Obama on October 28 will provide relief to immigrants whose petitions were revoked upon the death of their petitioner. The FY 2010 DHS Spending Bill, which passed the Senate [...]

New Atlanta Georgia EB-5 Regional Center Approved!

Sachin Patel confirmed to USAdvisors that his application for the Atlanta EB-5 Regional Center has been approved by USCIS.  According to the notice dated October 30, 2009, USCIS granted Sachin Patel approval and designation as the newest USCIS EB-5 Regional Center. The approval letter states “The geographic area shall  have a geographic scope which includes 28 [...]

ACFI becomes the largest EB-5 Regional Center in the U.S.

Boyd Campbell of the Alabama Center for Foreign Investment has confirmed to USAdvisors that ACFI has received approval from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in its request for expansion into four neighboring States: Georgia, Florida, Mississippi and Tennessee.  The request was granted on October 21, 2009. This now makes the Alabama Center [...]

H.R.2892 – Homeland Security and and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, passed!

The Senate voted on Tuesday to pass HR 2892 which extends the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa program, among others, until Sep. 20, 2012.  The Bill will now go to President Obama for his signature enacting the following provisions into law: Official Summary 10/20/2009–Passed Senate amended. Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010 – Title I: [...]

CONGRESS EXTENDs EB-5 PROGRAM FOR THREE YEARS

Wednesday, October 7, 2009 FY2010 CONFERENCE SUMMARY: HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS The Homeland Security Appropriations Bill is focused on securing our nation’s borders and preparing for any potential disaster. The conference agreement totals $42.776 billion of discretionary budget authority for fiscal year 2010, $2.648 billion, or 6.6 percent, above fiscal year 2009. Priorities in the bill [...]

Pre-Approval of Investment Projects Will Make EB-5 More Attractive to Investors

Pre-Approval of Investment Projects Will Make EB-5 More Attractive to Investors October 6th, 2009 by H. Ronald Klasko The current process by which individual investors in regional centers file for EB-5 classification makes no sense and leads to inconsistent adjudications for investors in the same project.  Processing improvements currently under consideration will address those concerns [...]

Deadline looms to enter diversity lottery for green card

Deadline looms to enter diversity lottery for green card ALLAN WERNICK Thursday, October 8th 2009, 4:00 AM You have until noon on Monday, Nov. 30, to submit your online entry for the DV-2011 green card lottery. For more information, go to http://www.travel.state.gov/ and click on Diversity Lottery Instructions. Don’t wait until the last day to [...]

If Nothing Else, City Council Members Now Have One More Reason to Travel Abroad

If Nothing Else, City Council Members Now Have One More Reason to Travel Abroad By Robert Wilonsky Wed., Oct. 7 2009 @ 8:29AM The city council’s Economic Development Committee was first briefed on the subject one year ago: “Attracting Foreign Investment as Part of Dallas’ Economic Growth Strategy: The EB-5 Program.” Long story short: Per [...]

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