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 [...]

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 [...]

USCIS’s Donald Neufeld Memo On Adjudication Of EB-5 Regional Center Proposals, and other EB-5 visa program issues

USCIS Acting Associate Director, Domestic Operations issued a memo to the field leadership providing instruction to USCIS California Service Center, the staff who adjudicate the EB-5 I-526 and I-829 petitions, as well as the adjudication of EB-5 Regional Center proposals. This memo was issued after a one hour conversation in which many other issues were [...]

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) [...]

New Filing Location for all EB-5 Petitions

New Filing Location for all EB-5 Petitions As reported by immigration law blog “Immigrating to America,” USCIS has announced that  all EB-5 applications and related filings must be filed at the California Service Center (CSC) only. For Direct Mail (i.e. USPS): USCIS California Service Center ATTN: EB-5 Processing Unit P.O. Box 10526 Laguna Niguel, CA [...]