by IIUSA HQ | Dec 14, 2017 | Archived
by Osvaldo F. Torres Esq., Shareholder, Torres Law The overwhelming majority of projects using funds from foreign immigrants investing in the Employment Based Fifth Preference Immigrant Visa Program (“EB-5 Program”) use a loan model structure (the “Loan Model”). As...
by IIUSA HQ | Dec 13, 2017 | Archived
Earlier this week, the USCIS Immigrant Investor Program Office (IPO) published quarterly processing statistics for I-526 and I-829 petitions through Q4 of Fiscal Year (FY) 2017,( July-September). Below are selected data points extracted from the reports: I-526 Filing...
by IIUSA HQ | Dec 12, 2017 | Archived
Last week, the National Visa Center (NVC) published the Annual Report of Immigrant Visa Applicants in the Family-sponsored and Employment-based preferences Registered at the National Visa Center as of November 1, 2017, showing the total number of EB-5 visa applicants...
by IIUSA HQ | Dec 11, 2017 | Archived
On December 7th, IIUSA attended the 2017 Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) Ombudsman’s Annual Conference in Washington D.C. Among other speakers were Secretary of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Kirstjen Kielsen, USCIS Director L. Francis...
by IIUSA HQ | Dec 8, 2017 | Archived
On December 7th, Congress voted to extend federal funding and many government programs, including the EB-5 Regional Center Program, until December 22nd in a Continuing Resolution (“CR”) with no changes to any federal programs. Republican offices in...
by IIUSA HQ | Dec 7, 2017 | Archived
Over the last year, there has been a lot of uncertainty in the EB-5 industry, but that has not stopped our members from delivering on their promise to bring much-needed capital to communities throughout the country to drive economic development and create American...
