Regional Center Compliance Audits On March 20, 2017, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the launch of the EB-5 Regional Center Compliance Audit Program. The program was characterized as an additional way to enhance EB-5 program integrity and verify [...]
Earlier this month, the Securities and Exchange Commission instituted cease-and-desist proceedings against licensed California attorney ("Respondent"). The Respondent violated Section 15(a)(1) of the Exchange Act by acting as an unregistered broker in connection with her representation of clients who were [...]
The Best Practices Committee is seeking to collect information and details from any Regional Centers that have experienced USCIS site visits at one or more of their project sites. The committee is working on a member resource to help Regional [...]
(View PDF) by Robert C. Divine, IIUSA Vice-President Emeritus, Shareholder, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz On June 14, USCIS issued a revised Volume 6 of its Policy Manual which concerns EB-5 investors. The goal was to finalize policy first [...]
IIUSA is proud to once again represent the EB-5 Regional Center Program at this years SelectUSA summit the premier event dedicated to promoting foreign direct investment (FDI) in the United States. This years theme is – "Grow with US" – which [...]
Last week, IIUSA Executive Director Peter D. Joseph participated in the Investment Migration Forum, in Geneva Switzerland. Mr. Joseph hosted a Q&A roundtable session on the EB-5 Program and also spoke on a panel titled “The EB-5 Program in the Age [...]
Last week, the USCIS Immigrant Investor Program Office (IPO) published quarterly processing statistics for I-526 and I-829 petitions through Q2 of Fiscal Year (FY) 2017, (January-March). Below are selected data points extracted from the reports: I-526 (Read the Report) (Explore [...]
Invest in the USA (IIUSA), the non-profit trade association of the EB-5 Regional Center industry, is pleased to announce that Adam Greene, President of Live in America Financial, has accepted an appointment as the Chairman of the 2017 IIUSA Public [...]
by Amy Staehr, Partner, Long Reimer Winegar Beppler LLP; Aaron Lyttle, Associate, Long Reimer Winegar Beppler LLP; and Robert Cornish, Partner, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program has enabled a steady influx of new [...]
Later this month, IUSA will publish its next issue of the Regional Center Business Journal (RCBJ) which will once again feature critical news, in-depth analysis and strategic market insights from experts across the EB-5 industry. For a limited time IIUSA [...]
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