by Lee Li | Apr 23, 2025 | Research & Analysis
On April 18, 2025, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the 2024 annual Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) for all counties across the United States. While this new data does not affect the designation of rural areas, the updated national unemployment...
by Lee Li | Apr 16, 2025 | Research & Analysis
Late last week, the U.S. Department of State published the May 2025 Visa Bulletin (see here), showing that the Unreserved EB-5 final action date for Indian applicants will retrogress by an additional 184 days, moving from November 1, 2019, to May 1, 2019. This marks...
by Lee Li | Apr 15, 2025 | Research & Analysis
(Click here to read and download the full report in PDF format) Last week, the U.S. Department of State released monthly visa issuance data for February 2025, showing a 111% month-over-month increase in Reserved EB-5 visa issuance. A total of 866 EB-5 visas were...
by Lee Li | Apr 3, 2025 | Research & Analysis
On Tuesday, April 1, the April 2025 Visa Bulletin became effective (see here). Unreserved EB-5 final action dates for China and India have officially retrogressed respectively by 905 and 792 days from March, marking the most significant retrogression for Unreserved...
by Lee Li | Feb 20, 2025 | Research & Analysis
(Click here to read and download the full report in PDF format) Last week, the U.S. Department of State released monthly visa issuance data for both November and December 2024, offering valuable insights into EB-5 visa usage during the first quarter of FY2025.[1]...
by Lee Li | Feb 13, 2025 | Research & Analysis
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of State published the Visa Bulletin for March 2025 (see here), indicating that all Reserved EB-5 categories will remain “current” next month, while cut-off dates for the Unreserved EB-5 category remain unchanged....
