Skip to content

Greenberg Traurig EB-5 attorney Kate Kalmykov has been traveling throughout Asia over the past several weeks meeting with agents, local media (access to recent interview here) and GT EB-5 clients. Kate’s meetings in Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Fuzhou, Hong Kong, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Siem Reap Cambodia have revealed, among many other things,  two trends in the increase for EB-5 demand: the urgency to submit applications before the predicted retrogression this summer; and the recent cancellation of Canada’s EB-5 Program.

Additionally, Kate has been preparing for upcoming EB-5 conferences: the U.S. Investment Immigration Forum 2014 Conference in Shenzhen on March 17th– 19th, and The Invest in America 2014 Summit and Exhibition on March 22nd – 23rd in Shanghai.  Several others from the GT EB-5 team will join Kate for these events, including Laura Reiff.  For more information or to register for either conference, please click here to email Kate Kalmykov.

EB-5 Seminar in Fuzhou
Presentation to Clients of China Merchant Bank
Meeting with U.S. Investment Immigration Forum 2014 Conference Organizers
Tags: Asia, china, EB-5, Migration Agents, Vietnam
Print:
Email this postTweet this postLike this postShare this post on LinkedIn
Photo of Laura Foote Reiff ‡ Laura Foote Reiff ‡

Laura Foote Reiff has more than 32 years of experience representing businesses and organizations in the business immigration and compliance field. She is also a business immigration advocate and has long chaired prominent business immigration coalitions. Laura is Co-Founder of GT’s Business and

…

Laura Foote Reiff has more than 32 years of experience representing businesses and organizations in the business immigration and compliance field. She is also a business immigration advocate and has long chaired prominent business immigration coalitions. Laura is Co-Founder of GT’s Business and Immigration and Compliance Group which she co-led since 1999. She currently chairs the Northern Virginia/Washington D.C. Immigration and Compliance Practice. Laura is also Co-Managing Shareholder of the Northern Virginia Office of GT, a position she has held since 2010. As a global leader in the business immigration community, Laura has served on the Boards of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the American Immigration Council, the National Immigration Forum and is currently the Chair of the America is Better Board.

Laura advises corporations on a variety of compliance-related issues, particularly related to Form I-9 eligibility employment verification matters. Laura has been involved in audits and internal investigations and has successfully minimized monetary exposure as well as civil and criminal liabilities on behalf of her clients. She develops immigration compliance strategies and programs for both small and large companies. Laura performs I-9, H-1B and H-2B compliance inspections during routine internal reviews, while performing due diligence (in the context of a merger, acquisition or sale) or while defending a company against a government investigation.

Laura represents many businesses in creating, managing and using “Regional Centers” that can create indirect jobs toward the 10 new U.S. jobs whose creation can give rise to EB-5 permanent residence for investment. She coordinates this work with attorneys practicing in securities law compliance, with economists identifying “targeted employment areas” and projecting indirect job creation, and with licensed securities brokers coordinating offerings. She also represents individual investors in obtaining conditional permanent residence and in removing conditions from permanent residence.

Laura’s practice also consists of managing business immigration matters and providing immigration counsel to address the visa and work authorization needs of U.S. and global personnel including professionals, managers and executives, treaty investors/ traders, essential workers, persons of extraordinary ability, corporate trainees, and students. She is an immigration policy advocacy expert and works on immigration reform policies.

‡ Admitted in the District of Columbia and Maryland. Not admitted in Virginia. Practice limited to federal immigration practice.

Read more about Laura Foote Reiff ‡
Show more Show less
Related Posts
USCIS-1100x413
Kate Kalmykov Weighs in on EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act Litigation: Law360
November 22, 2024
panel discussion microphone
Kate Kalmykov Speaks on JTC's EB-5 Webinar
November 21, 2024
EB-5_image-low
October 2024 Visa Bulletin Keeps Current Across Post-RIA Set-Aside EB-5 Categories, Backlogged Countries in the Unreserved Chart A Category Modestly Progress
September 20, 2024