by IIUSA HQ | May 30, 2017 | Archived
As of March 31, 2017, USCIS is processing the I‐526 petitions that it received before September 20, 2015 (a two week increase over the processing times published in February); the I‐829 petitions that USCIS received before October 12, 2014 (up from October 1); and the...
by IIUSA HQ | May 25, 2017 | Archived
On April 21, 2017 U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) published a new form I-829, Petition by Entrepreneur to Remove Conditions on Permanent Residence Status. It was announced that beginning July 24, 2017, USCIS will only accept the 4/21/17 edition of...
by IIUSA HQ | May 24, 2017 | Archived
by Michael Kester, Economist, Impact DataSource On January 13th, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to amend certain regulations governing the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program. A significant portion of the proposed...
by IIUSA HQ | May 23, 2017 | Archived
In 2015, IIUSA adopted a best practices document for engaging with sales intermediaries, which was crafted by the Best Practices Committee. The document provides a series of considerations for EB-5 practitioners to have when working with (or contemplating working...
by IIUSA HQ | May 22, 2017 | Archived
As the national membership-based not-for-profit trade association of the EB-5 Regional Center Program, we want to remind our members and industry stakeholders of the important role you can play in promoting your own local success stories to highlight how...
by IIUSA HQ | May 19, 2017 | Archived
Last month, IIUSA hosted the 10th Annual EB-5 Advocacy Conference at the Marriott Marquis in downtown Washington, DC. The event featured 30+ sponsors, 60+ speakers and over 325 attendees all of whose support enable IIUSA to deliver a valuable and timely advocacy...