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USCIS Fee Increases Are Imminent: The Concurrent Adjustment Clock is Ticking for Indian and Chinese Investors

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Thanks to a final rule recently announced by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), filing fees are about to increase on April 1, 2024, and filers who fail to make haste will end up paying more, or risk...more

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Alternative Financing Sources for Developers: EB-5 And E-2 Investors

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The EB-5 immigrant visa investor program has been used as an alternative source of funding for many real estate developers. EB-5 investors have typically preferred real estate related projects, and EB-5 capital has been used...more

Saul Ewing LLP

USCIS New Policy Guidelines for Managing EB-5 Visa Petition Inventory & Other Updates

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Last week, USCIS issued significant Policy Guidelines concerning its stipulated attempt to address fairness concerns with coordinating I-526 petition adjudications with U.S. State Department visa allocations. ...more

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Taking Care of Business: Effectively Using L and E Visa Strategies to Address Workforce Needs

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Now that the April 1, 2019 H-1B visa deadline has passed, thousands of employers may find themselves looking for an alternative to employ valuable foreign workers. While not receiving as much media popularity as the H-1B...more

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SEC Continues Its Focus On EB-5 Immigrant Visa Fraud

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Earlier this year we wrote about the Justice Department’s continuing efforts to combat fraud in the EB-5 immigrant visa program, with the filing of several federal lawsuits seeking the forfeiture of nine real properties...more

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Reinvestment of EB-5 Funds in a New Project Can Maintain the "At-Risk" Requirement

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One of the more popular topics among EB-5 project owners and practitioners in recent years is the requirement that investors' funds remain "at risk" as a bona fide "investment." Complications arise regarding maintenance of...more

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Trump Administration Blocks Final Rule Creating Legal Immigration Status for Startup Entrepreneurs

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The Trump Administration has delayed the effective date of an Obama Administration rule that would have provided a legal immigration status for foreign entrepreneurs. The rule, originally announced in January 2017, was...more

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Government Funding Bill Released; EB-5 Program Intact Through September

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As reported by Ballard Spahr in previous Alerts, many members of Congress have proposed and considered several reform measures to the U.S. Immigrant Investor Program, known as "EB-5," over the past several years....more

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Significant Increases to EB-5 Program Filing Fees Effective on December 23, 2016

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has increased fees by an average of 21 percent for certain U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) applications, including the U.S. Immigrant Investor Program (EB-5)....more

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