Greenberg Traurig EB-5 attorneys in the firm’s the U.S. and Shanghai offices have been working to prepare for upcoming EB-5 conferences in China. The 2014 U.S. Investment Immigration Forum Conference will be held March 17th – 19th at the Marco Polo in Shenzhen, and The Invest in America 2014 Summit and Exhibition will be held March 22nd and 23rd in Shanghai. Full details for both conference are below.

  • U.S. Investment Immigration Forum 2014 Conference
    • March 17th– 19th at Marco Polo in Shenzhen, China
    • This event will be attended by EB-5 industry leaders from around the globe, including more than 30 confirmed migration agents, as well as regional center representatives, U.S. immigration economists and tax experts, immigration services associations, and more.
    • If you have not yet registered, please be sure to do so today as space is limited. The registration form may be found via this link.
    • Sponsorships and exhibit tables are available in addition to registration fees, for more information visit this website.
  • The Invest in America 2014 Summit and Exhibition
    • March 22nd-23rd at Jing An Shangri-la Hotel in Shanghai, China
    • The event welcomes U.S. investment projects, Regional Centers, real estate brokerage firms, franchises, PE and VC companies, financial services, attorneys, CPAs, international trade agencies, government officials, and colleges to participate in exhibition and presentations.
    • Register today via this link

For more information, please contact Kate Kalmykov at kalmykovk@gtlaw.com

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Kate Kalmykov Co-Chairs the Immigration & Compliance Practice. She focuses her practice on business immigration and compliance. She represents clients in a wide-range of employment based immigrant and non-immigrant visa matters including students, trainees, professionals, managers and executives, artists and entertainers, treaty investors

Kate Kalmykov Co-Chairs the Immigration & Compliance Practice. She focuses her practice on business immigration and compliance. She represents clients in a wide-range of employment based immigrant and non-immigrant visa matters including students, trainees, professionals, managers and executives, artists and entertainers, treaty investors and traders, persons of extraordinary ability and immigrant investors.

Kate has deep experience working on EB-5 immigrant investor matters. She regularly works with developers across a variety of industries, as well as private equity funds on developing new projects that qualify for EB-5 investments. This includes creation of new Regional Centers, having projects adopted by existing Regional Centers or through pooled individual EB-5 petitions. For existing Regional Centers, Kate regularly helps to prepare amendment filings, file exemplar petitions, address removal of conditions issues and ensure that they develop an internal program for ongoing compliance with applicable immigration regulations and guidance. She also counsels foreign nationals on obtaining greencards through either individual or Regional Center EB-5 investments, as well as issues related to I-829 Removal of Conditions.

Kate also works with various human resources departments on I-9 employment verification matters as well as H-1B and LCA compliance. She regularly counsels employers on due diligence issues including internal audits and reviews, as well as minimization of exposure and liabilities in government investigations.