by McKenzie Penton | Jun 24, 2021 | Government Affairs
On Thursday, June 24, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Ur Jaddou’s nomination for director of U.S. Citizenship Services (USCIS). The committee advanced Ms. Jaddou’s nomination with an 11-10 vote bringing the nomination closer to a full Senate vote....
by McKenzie Penton | Jun 23, 2021 | Government Affairs
On Tuesday, June 22, 2021, in a ruling in Behring Regional Center, LLC v. Chad Wolf (3:20-cv-09263-JSC) the U.S. Northern District Court of California vacated the November 2019 EB-5 Modernization Regulations (the “Regulations”). The court ruled that former...
by McKenzie Penton | Jun 21, 2021 | Government Affairs, Research & Analysis
IIUSA Executive Director Aaron Grau’s recent op-ed in Albany Times Union notes the critical importance of the EB-5 Regional Center Program to the U.S. as a whole and New York state in particular. Mr. Grau stated “The EB-5 Regional Program needs change,...
by Lee Li | Jun 18, 2021 | Government Affairs
IIUSA welcomes the American Immigrant Investor Alliance (AIIA) to the EB-5 stakeholder community. AIIA is a Washington, D.C. based 501(c)(4) non-profit that represents EB-5 investors from across the world. We look forward to working with AIIA to push for the...
by Lee Li | Jun 17, 2021 | Government Affairs, Research & Analysis
The U.S. Department of State has published the monthly Visa Bulletin for July 2021, unveiling new cut-off dates for EB-5 visa applicants from backlogged countries for the upcoming month. In the latest bulletin, the EB-5 final action dates for Vietnamese applicants...