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In response to a Freedom of Information Act request the American Immigrant Investor Alliance (AIIA) filed, USCIS released updated statistics on I-526 and I-526E petition receipts. This data provides insights into the demand for EB-5 visas across different targeted employment area (TEA) categories and countries of chargeability for visa backlog prediction purposes, covering the…

Issue: USCIS requests employment records from 10+ years ago.

Tips: If the investor owns their own company, we can provide:

  • Evidence of company registration.
  • Evidence in the form of leases, property records, etc. of business establishment.
  • Letters from the bank showing that banking records are not available.
  • Letters from relevant tax authorities that
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Kate Kalmykov, Co-Chair, Global Immigration and Compliance Practice, and Jennifer Hermansky, Shareholder, presented on the EB-5 program and other U.S. visa options at the 2022 EB-5 Investors Magazine & UGlobal Immigration Expo Vietnam event on Sept. 5-6, 2022. Hundreds of migration agencies, immigration attorneys, EB-5 service providers, regional centers, and project developers…

  1. Currency Restrictions: Vietnamese laws regulate the export of Vietnamese currency abroad. This makes it difficult for investors residing in Vietnam to transfer funds to the United States for EB-5 investment accounts. To facilitate their EB-5 investment, Vietnamese investors typically use a credit institution to transfer currency abroad. In the EB-5 petition, the investor must provide
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Per the Department of State, as of June 2021, the Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Consulate has been closed for all routine services, including appointments scheduled with the American Citizen Services (ACS) Unit, the Nonimmigrant Visas (NIV) Unit, and the Immigrant Visas (IV) Unit, from June 21 until further notice. Impacted applicants will receive…

The State Department recently published the July 2021 Visa Bulletin. In the July 2021 Visa Bulletin, the final action priority date for EB-5 Vietnam moved forward significantly to April 1, 2020. This means that an EB-5 investor born in Vietnam who filed an I-526 Petition on or before March 31, 2020, may have a…

The Department of State’s May 2021 Visa Bulletin showed limited movement for the EB-5 category and previewed what may be the state of priority dates for the EB-5 category for the remainder of the fiscal year.

As in recent months, the EB-5 priority dates for Chart A Final Action Dates remained current for investors born…

On Jan. 29, 2020, USCIS announced that it would be making a significant change to the processing of I-526 Petitions, commonly referred to as EB-5 Petitions. USCIS previously had a policy to adjudicate EB-5 Petitions on a “first-in, first-out” basis. This meant that USCIS was to review and decide EB-5 Petitions based solely on the…