by IIUSA HQ | Aug 9, 2019 | Government Affairs
Earlier today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will host a public listening session with EB-5 stakeholders as part of ongoing efforts to enhance dialogue between the agency and the industry. The engagement will provide additional...
by IIUSA HQ | Jul 23, 2019 | Government Affairs
Tomorrow, Wednesday, July 24th, the final EB-5 program regulations are scheduled to be published in the Federal Register. The new rule goes into effect on November 21st. IIUSA will be monitoring the regulation’s final steps and fully evaluating the text. We wanted to...
by IIUSA HQ | Jul 16, 2019 | Government Affairs
This afternoon, the House Judiciary Committee is hosting a hearing titled “Policy Changes and Processing Delays at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services”. The purpose of the hearing is to highlight the growing delays in USCIS petition processing and...
by IIUSA HQ | Jul 15, 2019 | Government Affairs, Research & Analysis
The U.S. Department of State – Bureau of Consular Affairs has published the August 2019 Visa Bulletin indicating that EB-5 visa applicants from China, Vietnam, and India will be subject to the same Final Action Date of October 15, 2014. It’s very likely that the...
by IIUSA HQ | Jul 12, 2019 | Government Affairs
On July 10th, the U.S. House of Representatives passed HR 1044, the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019. The bill removes the per-country caps for employment-based visas, including EB-5. While the bill passed the House, it still needs to pass in the U.S....
by IIUSA HQ | Jul 2, 2019 | Government Affairs
On Thursday, June 27, 2019, the Office of Management & Budget (OMB) posted that it concluded its review of the Obama-era regulations, EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Modernization, initially introduced in January 2017. While we know the content of the proposed...
