EB-5 Fundraiser Event Friday

A press-release from PRWEB announces IIUSA’s EB-5 Fundraiser event this coming Friday in San Antonio, Texas. NES Financial is sponsoring the event which will raise money in an effort to make the EB5 Visa Program permanent. NES Financial Supports Efforts to Make the EB-5 Program Permanent through Upcoming IIUSA Event IIUSA Organizes Fundraising Event to [...]

IIUSA President Urges Members to Attend EB-5 Regional Center Advocacy Conference

In a letter to IIUSA members, President K.David Andersson expresses a sense of urgency that members attend the annual meeting and EB-5 Regional Center Advocacy Conference to be held May 10, 2011 in DC. The conference comes at an important time as the “Sunset” date for the EB-5 Regional Center Pilot Program fast approaches. RE: [...]

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 [...]

EB5 Visa News Featured Book: Martin J. Lawler’s: Professionals: A Matter of Degree

EB5 Visa News readers have been asking for more information and profiles on select EB5 attorneys and articles that they have written, or books published, and we are happy to feature San Francisco lawyer Martin Lawler and his excellent book on business visas Professionals: A Matter of Degree.  This publication is now in its 5th edition [...]

EB-5 update: 3-year extension possible; no more calls right now

Dear IIUSA members: Thanks in part to your good efforts, it appears that there may be a deal in the works to extend all the immigration provisions (EB-5, E-Verify, religious workers, and Conrad State 30 program for certain J doctors) in the DHS appropriations bill for three years. It does not appear that we will [...]

EB-5 legislative update: Keep up the pressure through Wednesday!

by Steve Yale-Loehr and Russell Cartwright Dear IIUSA members: Our efforts are making a difference! All the letters, emails, faxes and phone calls from EB-5 regional centers to their members of Congress are starting to pay off; Congress is beginning to realize the need to make the EB-5 program permanent. We also have at least [...]

EB-5 legislative update: need your help by Tuesday!

by Stephen W. Yale-Loehr The good news: President Obama signed a continuing resolution yesterday that extends the EB-5 regional center program until October 31. The bad news: We are having problems getting a permanent extension for the EB-5 regional center program.  The Senate version of the DHS appropriations bill contains a permanent extension; the House [...]

EB-5 extension update

Information provided by Stephen W. Yale-Loehr and Russell Cartwright (IIUSA): The EB5 visa may not be extended on September 30 due to problems with re-authorization in Congress. The problem stems from the fact that some House Democrats oppose extending E-Verify permanently. For no logical reason, EB-5 is tied to E-Verify. Sen. Leahy is working hard [...]