by IIUSA HQ | Feb 18, 2019 | Government Affairs
The U.S. Department of State – Bureau of Consular Affairs has released the March 2019 Visa Bulletin. The bulletin revealed a cut-off date of September 8, 2014 for Mainland China born applicants, an advancement of one week and a cutoff date of July 15, 2016 for Vietnam...
by IIUSA HQ | Feb 15, 2019 | Government Affairs
On Friday, February 15, President Trump signed the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019” which funds the federal government and extends EB-5 Regional Center Program authorization through September 30, 2019. This over 7 month extension opens the door for...
by Lee Li | Feb 8, 2019 | Government Affairs
On February 7, 2019, Representatives Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-19) and Ken Buck (R-CO-04) introduced H.R. 1044 ‘Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019.’ The bill will amend the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to eliminate the per-country caps to all...
by IIUSA HQ | Feb 1, 2019 | Government Affairs
In November 2018, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled in the case Zhang v. USCIS that USCIS’s “loan proceeds” policy was unlawful. According to this policy, investors who obtain their EB-5 investments from a loan qualify only if the...
by IIUSA HQ | Jan 28, 2019 | Government Affairs
Last Friday evening, President Trump signed a short-term spending bill to end the shutdown and re-open government. The “Further Additional Continuing Appropriation Act, 2019” is a continuing resolution (CR) that provides fiscal year 2019 appropriations through Feb....
by IIUSA HQ | Jan 24, 2019 | Government Affairs
Government Shutdown Update and Guidance on EB-5 Related Petitions During Government Shutdown On December 21, 2018 Congress failed to authorize the funding of parts of the federal government and reauthorize the EB-5 Regional Center Program. This failure of action has...
