October 2025 Visa Bulletin: Reserved Categories Stay Current, Unreserved EB-5 Show Mixed Movements
The U.S. Department of State has released the October 2025 Visa Bulletin (see here), revealing the cut-off dates in the first month of the upcoming FY2026. Reserved EB-5 Visas All Reserved EB-5 categories, including rural areas, high unemployment areas, and infrastructure projects, remain “current” in October. While tens of thousands of Form I-526E petitions have been filed with USCIS since the enactment of the RIA, case approvals in the past fiscal year have not...
EB-5 Grandfathering Deadline & USCIS Age-Out Policy: A 2-for-1 IIUSA Webinar
EB-5 Grandfathering Deadline & USCIS Age-Out Policy: A 2-for-1 IIUSA Webinar Tuesday, September 30 | 12pm ET / 9am PT REGISTER TODAY IUSA's Q3 webinar will be a 2-for-1 where EB-5 experts will address the impending grandfathering deadline on September 30, 2026, as well as the newly announced age-out policy by USCIS. With just one year to go before the grandfathering deadline, EB-5 government affairs and policy experts will discuss what IIUSA is...
See IIUSA at GlobeVisa’s 2025 Global Citizen Conference
IIUSA's Director of Policy Research & Data Analytics, Lee Li, will be a featured speaker at GlobeVisa’s inaugural Global Citizen Conference (GGCC) in Singapore next month. This three-day event, held from October 22-24, 2025, is expected to bring together more than 300 attendees from 40+ nations, creating a dynamic environment for exchange and collaboration. The event will address a range of interconnected topics crucial for today's global citizen, such as the...
IIUSA Goes to Capitol Hill
More than 30 of IIUSA’s Leadership Circle Members took to Capitol Hill this week to advocate for the EB-5 program. The group met with key House and Senate Judiciary Committee members and staff, and conversations covered a wide range of topics. Notably, there was a very high level of knowledge of the program, which has not always been the case. Members of Congress and their staffs were engaged and receptive to hearing the groups’ perspectives. This reinforces what...