Category : EB-5

What is an EB-5 Visa? EB-5 visas, commonly known as an investor green card, were created to give investors from other countries to become lawful permanent residents and eventually US… Read More

After long deliberation and postponing, on March 15, 2022, President Joe Biden approved the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022. Also known as the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022,… Read More

Major changes were affected on the EB-5 Investor Visa program in June. Because of both federal court rulings and legislative challenges, EB-5 has seen significant, though possibly temporary, changes. In… Read More

After Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C.) objection to extend the EB-5 Regional Center program via unanimous consent, the program expired as of June 30, 2021. The Regional Center program enables foreign… Read More

A lawsuit challenging EB-5 regulations was successful on June 22, 2021, as the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that the regulations were not lawfully promulgated.… Read More

Litigation involving the EB-5 immigrant investor visa has increased, quickly becoming the most viable solution to some of the challenges many immigrant investors face. The barriers set by USCIS have… Read More

Foreign nationals seeking permanent resident status in the U.S. are relying on the EB-5 investment route when there is no other way. Various reasons might be surmised for the popularity… Read More

When the investor’s EB-5 petition has been approved, but there has been fraud or misappropriation of funds by the regional center, NCE or project, the investor retains their priority date.… Read More

A federal appeals court in Washington has ruled that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) unreasonably denied a group of investors’ petitions for EB-5 visas on the basis that their investment didn’t comply with the rules of the program.

The new EB-5 regulations came into effect on November 21, 2019, and several amendments have been introduced to the program. Established in 1990 by the Immigration Act of 1990, the… Read More