Yahoo Finance Publishes Opinion Piece on EB-5 Program

From Yahoo Finance this week: Citizenship for Sale? by Daniel Gross, Yahoo Finance Every day investors around the world choose to put their hard-earned cash into the U.S. Billions of dollars flow in the form of foreign direct investment, as when a group of Brazilians bought Burger King, and foreigners purchase hundreds of billions of [...]

EB5Info.com to Begin “FAQ Campaign” for Regional Centers and Attorneys

In the upcoming weeks, EB-5 regional centers and immigration attorneys working with EB-5 investors can expect to be contacted by EB5Info.com as the site begins its “Frequently Asked Questions Campaign.” We will be asking attorneys about the most common questions they receive from investors, and we’ll also be learning from regional centers about questions they [...]

EB-5 immigrant investor visa applicants by country annual report issued by the National Visa Center

Annual Report of Immigrant Visa Applicants in the Family-sponsored and Employment-based preferences Registered at the National Visa Center as of November 1, 2009 Most prospective immigrant visa applicants qualify for status under the law on the basis of family relationships or employer sponsorship. Entitlement to visa processing in these classes is established ordinarily through approval [...]

Commentary on recent USCIS EB-5 visa policy memos’ causes concern among AILA attorneys & EB5 visa program principals

From noted immigration attorney Charles Kuck, and principal in the Georgia Center For Foreign Investment and Development, comes insightful commentary in the AILA Leadership Blog from a long time member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) on the recent “Neufeld” policy memo’s issued by USCIS and the effect it is having on the EB-5 [...]

Law firm Miller Mayer releases video “EB-5 Immigration Through Investment” by their EB-5 visa practice group

This is by far the best short explanation of the EB-5 visa program we have seen from respected law firm Miller Mayer and the need to hire competent counsel in the filling of an EB-5 visa petition.  Narrated by attorneys Stephen Yale-Loehr, Carolyn Lee, and Nicolai Hinrichsen,  the video does a great job of giving [...]

ILW.com’s EB-5 panel of experts: focus changes to USCIS / CSC’s interpretation of indirect calculation of jobs

After publishing the story from yesterday: ILW.com hosting panel of EB-5 visa experts, third and last part in EB-5 series: “Investors For Experts”, I noticed that the agenda had changed considerably from its original format reported here in December: ILW.com hosting panel of EB-5 visa experts. This should not come as a surprise to EB-5 practitioners because [...]

H-1B downturn has spurred immigration attorneys to do EB-5 investor visa work

From Law.com a story about how immigration lawyers and firms have turned to doing EB-5 immigrant investor visas as their traditional work has suffered recently due to a drop in demand for other visas, in particular the H-1B.   Here is a quote: Enter the EB-5 immigrant investor program, which awards visas to wealthy foreigners [...]

Invest in U.S. Biz, Get an Immigrant Visa, ABC / Forbes EB-5 visa news story

EB-5 visa Regional Centers and principals mentioned: Bill Stenger of Jay Peak project, Vermont Agency of Community Development, and  Henry Liebman of American Life in Seattle. Invest in U.S. Biz, Get an Immigrant Visa U.S. Government Sets Aside 10,000 Visas for Foreign Investors By Katy Finneran, Forbes.com Jan. 9, 2010 Under the Immigration Act of [...]

Immigrants invest in U.S. businesses in exchange for visas, EB-5 article from the Washington Post

EB-5 visa Regional Centers mentioned in this article include The Capital Area Regional Center (CARc), Anacostia Regional Center, EB-5 America, and the Sugarbush project of the Vermont Agency of Community Development. Immigration attorneys David Morris and Stephen Yale-Loehr as the Executive Director of the Association to Invest in USA (the IIUSA EB-5 trade association). Immigrants [...]

EB-5 Investor Visa story by NPR: Recession Fuels Spike In Foreign Investor Visas

National Public Radio’s Jennifer Ludden has produced a very balanced and informative piece on the EB-5 Immigrant Investor visa program. In the audio broadcast published today, she speaks with an English investor about his investment in the Marriott Hotel project run by EB-5 principal Henry Liebman of the American Life Seattle Regional Center, as well [...]

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