EB-5 Industry stakeholder groups

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On Tuesday, April 25, 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will host a stakeholder engagement webinar regarding the Immigrant Investor Program (EB-5). The webinar, scheduled for 1:30 – 3:00 PM EDT, will provide a platform for USCIS to share pertinent information (e.g., adjudication trends, recent issues, and policy updates) with external EB-5 stakeholders. Moreover…

As we have been reporting, the EB-5 Regional Center Program remains in a period of lapse since June 30, 2021, requiring Congressional authorization via legislation. This legislation is required so that (1) new I-526 Petitions can be filed with USCIS by new investors, (2) USCIS can continue to process pending I-526 Petitions and I-485…

As previously blogged (see EB-5 Regulations Published for Public Inspection), the EB-5 regulations have been published as of July 24, 2019, as final, to take effect Nov. 21, 2019.  Below is a summary of the changes that will impact the EB-5 program:

  1. Priority Date Retention: Generally, priority date retention can be retained

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After years of delay the Obama-era EB-5 immigration regulations were published on July 24, 2019. You can find a copy of the regulations at this link. You can also find a summary of them here. The regulations only apply to those who file their I-526 Petitions on or after Nov. 21, 2019. Without…

On May 17, 2019, EB-5 Industry stakeholder groups, led by the EB-5 Investment Coalition, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, The Real Estate Roundtable, IIUSA, Rural Alliance, Real Estate Board of New York, AILA, among others, submitted a joint letter to Senate and House Judiciary Committees leadership in support of principle reforms and reauthorization of the EB-5…