by McKenzie Penton | Mar 26, 2021 | Government Affairs, Research & Analysis
The Federal District Court for the Northern District of California concluded a hearing yesterday afternoon (March 25) in the matter of Behring Regional Center v. Wolf. The plaintiff is a regional center based in Northern California and is not a member of IIUSA. The...
by McKenzie Penton | Mar 23, 2021 | Government Affairs, Research & Analysis
Last week, Senators Grassley (R-IA) and Leahy (D-VT) introduced the “EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2021”. The bill reauthorizes the EB-5 Regional Center Program for five years and assures much-needed reforms. To ensure all EB-5 stakeholders are well...
by Lee Li | Mar 15, 2021 | Government Affairs, Research & Analysis
The U.S. Department of State has published the monthly Visa Bulletin for April 2021, unveiling the new EB-5 cut-off dates for visa applicants from backlogged countries for the upcoming month. In addition, the Visa Bulletin also announced that the agency will host a...
by McKenzie Penton | Mar 5, 2021 | Membership, Research & Analysis
By Robert Kraft, CEO, FirstPathway Partners; President, IIUSA. Originally Published in the Morning Consult As everyone in the EB-5 community knows, this reauthorization saga is like no other we have ever faced. Our typical legislative vehicle for convenient extension...
by McKenzie Penton | Mar 4, 2021 | Government Affairs, Research & Analysis
Late last month, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a Q&A with additional guidance on redeployment, specifically related to the Policy Manual update published in July 2020. To the best of our knowledge, the new information was not...
by Lee Li | Mar 2, 2021 | Research & Analysis
Based on data from USCIS, IIUSA’s latest EB-5 processing time report (full report here) illustrates the current wait times for adjudicating I-526 petitions, I-829 petitions and I-924 applications. DATA HIGHLIGHTS Starting in March 2018, USCIS updated its...
