by IIUSA HQ | Jan 31, 2019 | Education
by Abteen Vaziri, Managing Director, Brevet Capital Management One of the first questions that EB-5 investors are coached into asking regional center operators is whether the project operator has any I-526 approvals, I-829 approvals, or any project paybacks. These...
by IIUSA HQ | Jan 21, 2019 | Education
by Scott W Barnhart, PhD; Associate Professor of Finance Florida Atlantic University and President, Barnhart Economic Services, LLC Recent proposals for increasing the minimum investment amount for the U.S. EB-5 visa from the current $500,000 and $1,000,000 amounts...
by IIUSA HQ | Jan 8, 2019 | Education
In October, IIUSA launched the beta version of the EB-5 Basics Module, the first course of IIUSA’s new Education Program. This is a self-administered online course to help any newcomer to the EB-5 industry get a baseline of knowledge quickly and easily. The EB-5...
by IIUSA HQ | Jan 7, 2019 | Education
by Jennifer Hermansky, Shareholder Greenburg Traurig Various countries have set internal currency controls that restrict the amount of foreign currency that can be purchased each year by an individual, including countries which originate a significant amount of EB-5...
by IIUSA HQ | Dec 27, 2018 | Education
by Reid Thomas, Executive Vice President, NES Financial; Catherine Debono Holmes, Partner, Jeffer Mangel Butler & Mitchell; and Kelly Alton, General Counsel, NES Financial EB-5 capital raising has slowed due to visa backlogs, increasing the need for additional...
by IIUSA HQ | Dec 18, 2018 | Education
By Joseph Barnett, Partner, Wolfsdorf Rosenthal LLP Time is of the essence, especially in EB-5 petition and application processing. Despite the Immigrant Investor Program Office’s (“IPO’s”) increase in staff and the re-organization of its adjudication teams for more...