by Lee Li | Apr 20, 2023 | Research & Analysis
This week, the U.S. Department of State published the monthly Visa Bulletin for May 2023. The new monthly visa bulletin shows that, under the “unreserved” EB-5 visa category, final action date for Chinese applicants will advance 62 days in May while the...
by Ashley Casey | Apr 7, 2023 | Education, Government Affairs, Research & Analysis
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently published its first report on the EB-5 Program since 2016. The report delves into many aspects of the Program, but the conclusion rested on two definitive recommendations to U.S. Citizenship & Immigration...
by Lee Li | Mar 22, 2023 | Research & Analysis
Today, the U.S. Department of State published the monthly Visa Bulletin for April 2023. The new monthly visa bulletin shows no changes on the cut-off dates of EB-5 visa categories – all final action dates and dates for filing in April will remain the same as the...
by IIUSA HQ | Mar 16, 2023 | Government Affairs, Membership, Research & Analysis
Recent headlines around several regional banks present an opportunity to revisit your approach to escrow administration by Jill Jones, General Counsel, JTC Americas The financial world was surprised by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the second-largest...
by Ashley Casey | Mar 15, 2023 | Government Affairs, Research & Analysis
Earlier this week, IIUSA submitted comments to U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) related to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that was published on January 4, 2023 which proposed drastic fee increases to EB-5-related forms I-526/I-526E, I-829,...
by Lee Li | Mar 8, 2023 | Research & Analysis
With USCIS publishing the latest quarterly statistics of all application and petition form types for the fourth quarter (Q4) in fiscal year (FY) 2022, IIUSA produced a comprehensive data report on the latest Form I-829 statistics for Q4 and full-year FY2022,...
