On March 7-8, 2015 Greenberg Traurig, LLP served as co-hosts of the third annual U.S. Investment Immigration Forum (USIIF) in Shenzhen, China.  The event brought together over 70 migration agents, regional centers and attorneys to discuss the latest updates in EB-5 including the issues in source of funds processing for Chinese nationals, status of the Regional Center Pilot Program reauthorization on Capitol Hill, as well as a report from migration agents regarding the Chinese investment climate.  Kate Kalmykov delivered a keynote address on the topic of EB-5 visa retrogression which discussed the impending backlog, the process for pending cases when retrogression is imposed, and alternative solutions for eligible Chinese applicants to process for their immigrant visa.  Immigration attorneys Laura Reiff, Jennifer Hermansky and Kate Kalmykov also served as panelists over the course of the two days on various panels related to hot topics in EB-5.  Securities attorney Batya Goodman participated on the securities law panels and discussed the importance of proper disclosure in the drafting of EB-5 project-related private placement memorandums, broker/ dealer issues, and due diligence concerns.  The event was co-hosted by the Shenzhen Cable TV company and was televised to millions of viewers across China.

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Greenberg Traurig attorneys Jennifer Hermansky, Batya Goodman and Kate Kalmykov at the USIIF 2015 Conference in Shenzhen. Hermansky, Goodman and Kalmykov presented on various EB-5 topics throughout the day.

Greenberg Traurig attorneys Kate Kalmykov, Laura Reiff and Jennifer Hermansky preparing to present to the USIIF guests. Kalmykov was a keynote speaker addressing Chinese retrogression, priority dates and I-526 petition approval notices
Greenberg Traurig attorneys Kate Kalmykov, Laura Reiff and Jennifer Hermansky preparing to present to the USIIF guests. Kalmykov was a keynote speaker addressing Chinese retrogression, priority dates and I-526 petition approval notices. See the related blog post here (Chinese version here).
Greenberg Traurig attorneys Jennifer Hermansky, Kate Kalmykov and Laura Reiff discuss the components of successful EB-5 petitions, lawful sources of funds standards and direct investment vs. regional center along with co-panelists David Hirson, Xuejie Wong and Bill Chen.
Greenberg Traurig attorneys Jennifer Hermansky (with microphone), Kate Kalmykov  (far right) and Laura Reiff (not pictured) discuss the components of successful EB-5 petitions, lawful sources of funds standards and direct investment vs. regional center along with co-panelists David Hirson, Xuejie Wong and Bill Chen.
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Greenberg Traurig attorneys Batya Goodman (with microphone), Kate Kalmykov (far left) and Laura Reiff (far right) take the stage with co-presenters David Hirson and Ali Jahangiri as they discuss SEC regulations, recent actions and their impact on EB-5’s future development, impact of EB-5 investments of U.S. economy, American’s opinion about EB-5 investments, the direction of the U. S. Immigration Reform and trends they are seeing in the EB-5 industry.
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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

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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 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.

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