by IIUSA HQ | Dec 19, 2017 | Archived
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (“OIRA”) has updated the Trump Administration’s Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. While the Administration has been working to deregulate the federal bureaucracy, EB-5 does not...
by IIUSA HQ | Dec 18, 2017 | Archived
By: Richard Kristof, CEO, Investor Services Company of America; Marie Steel, Lead Web Guru, Investor Services Company of America These days, a high-quality, responsive website is not just an additional way to drive web traffic but the bare minimum needed to stay...
by IIUSA HQ | Dec 15, 2017 | Archived
Earlier today, U.S. Department of State – Bureau of Consular Affairs published the January Visa Bulletin (View PDF). All EB-5 Regional Center categories have gone to “U” meaning unauthorized. Authorization for the EB-5 Regional Center is set to expire on...
by IIUSA HQ | Dec 14, 2017 | Archived
by Osvaldo F. Torres Esq., Shareholder, Torres Law The overwhelming majority of projects using funds from foreign immigrants investing in the Employment Based Fifth Preference Immigrant Visa Program (“EB-5 Program”) use a loan model structure (the “Loan Model”). As...
by IIUSA HQ | Dec 13, 2017 | Archived
Earlier this week, the USCIS Immigrant Investor Program Office (IPO) published quarterly processing statistics for I-526 and I-829 petitions through Q4 of Fiscal Year (FY) 2017,( July-September). Below are selected data points extracted from the reports: I-526 Filing...
by IIUSA HQ | Dec 12, 2017 | Archived
Last week, the National Visa Center (NVC) published the Annual Report of Immigrant Visa Applicants in the Family-sponsored and Employment-based preferences Registered at the National Visa Center as of November 1, 2017, showing the total number of EB-5 visa applicants...