众所周知,自2015年5月1日起,中国的EB-5移民签证申请将面临排期。在下文中我们将对排期宣布以来我们收到的问题进行回答。

1. 如果我的I-526 已经批准了,可是我的子女年龄可能会超龄该如何处理?出于移民的目的,我怎样做可以保持孩子的年龄不变?

国务院已经公布了指导意见,根据《儿童状态保护法案》,下列方式可以“冷冻”住孩子的年龄:

  • 递交DS-260申请;
  • 支付签证费;或
  • 向国家签证中心递交DS-230 申请。

请注意上述冷冻子女年龄的做法只是在《儿童状态保护法案》的范畴内有效。因此,最省时有效的办法就是收到I-526通知后立即用银行本票来支付签证费。所有在201551日前收到I-526批准通知的人都会收到签证费通知单,因此他们都有机会冷冻住子女的年龄。

2. 如果我的I-526申请在2015430日或之前获得批准,但是我还没有收到签证费通知单,该如何处理?

美国国务院签证控制和披露处负责人Charles Oppenheim在“赴美投资”会议上指出2015年4月所有获得批准的I-526申请的签证通知单都会被寄出。因此,如果您的子女可能会超龄,请立即联系我们。出于申请移民的目的,我们会采取一些措施尽量保持孩子年龄不变。

3. 如果我的I-526申请在2015430日以后获得批准该如何处理?

您将会面临排期。您的I-526 批准后,你必须每个月定期查看国务院签证公告,依此判断您的优先日是否生效。您可以点击此处here了解优先日详情。

 4. 如果我收到了签证通知单但是我的受益申请人没有收到如何处理?

我们会通过寄挂号信的方式将银行本票寄给国家签证中心,使用您签证通知单上的案件号码为您和您的受益申请人支付签证费。

5. 提交了DS-260申请并且支付了签证费,下一步我该怎样做?

这种情况下您的申请会被计算到年度的签证配额中。您会被安排到广州领事馆进行签证面试。如果您未收到移民签证面试通知,我们会持续联络国家签证中心确保为您安排面试。我们期待着国务院会就您的身份和我们进行联络。

 6. 我持有合法的身份居住在美国,但是I-526批准后还没有提交身份调整申请,我可以在201551日后递交身份调整申请么?

 不可以。你需要每个月查看国务院签证公告,据此判断你的优先日是否生效。您可以点击此处here了解优先日详情。

 7. 我持有合法的身份居住在美国并且I-526已经获批,我在201551日之前提交了身份调整申请,我现在的状态是什么?我还可以继续在美国居住,工作及旅行么?我可以更新我的回美证和工作许可么?

 可以。只要你的身份调整申请提交了,你可以继续留在美国并且更新回美证和工作许可。移民局会扣住案件,直到你的优先日生效才会审理你的身份调整申请。您可以点击此处here了解优先日详情。

8. 201551日后,我怎样查看我的优先日?

国务院每个月会在其网站上公布签证公告。您可以点击此处here来查看您的优先日。此外国务院网站上有一个“查看优先日”的功能(Priority Date Checker),你输入信息后就会自动为您查询适合您的排期截止日。

 9. 由于排期的发生,我大概要等待多久?

2015年5月1日划定的排期截止日期是2013年5月1日。如果一个申请人的I-526在2015年5月1日获得批准,则意味着大约要等待2年。根据国务院的公告,我们估计等候时间会越来越长,有可能3年或更久。

 10. 受排期影响,你们估计2015101日,即美国政府2016年财政年度开始时,要等待多久?

我们估计那个时候依然要等待两年,还可能会增加到三年或更久。

 11. 如果我可以以非中国大陆出生的配偶的出生国别进行申请,我的子女也可以么?

可以。

GT律师事务所会一如既往向您提供国务院和移民局的最新信息。

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Kate Kalmykov is based in our New York and New Jersey offices and has over two decades of experience in business immigration matters. Kate currently Co-Chairs the Global Immigration & Compliance Practice at Greenberg Traurig. In this role, she works with employers of all sizes across a variety of industries in understanding and complying with the immigration laws relating to the hiring and retention of foreign talent. Specifically, her practice focuses on supporting clients and advising them on temporary and permanent residency immigration options for multi-national executive, business, scientific, and information technology personnel. In addition, her practice provides support to companies in the global transfer of personnel. Known by her clients for her out-of-the-box thinking, responsiveness and hands-on approach, Kate is often called upon to assist in developing immigration options and strategies in the most unique circumstances and to respond to complex Requests for Evidence (RFEs), Notices of Intent to Deny (NOIDs) or to appeal denied cases. Likewise, she has also been instrumental in developing employer compliance programs for DOL related filings including H-1Bs and PERMs, as well as for I-9 employment eligibility verification. To this end, she develops and conducts nationwide I-9 compliance trainings and policy manuals for human resources personnel, advises on best practices for E-Verify employers, provides guidance on avoiding immigration-related unfair employment practices claims and has defended and minimized penalties in immigration-related government audits. Kate regularly works with professionals from the firm’s labor, employment, tax and benefits groups, to provide strategic planning on immigration issues within a cross-border framework.

Kate also has deep experience working on all aspects of the EB-5 immigrant investor program. Kate has worked with real estate developers, private equity funds, and other organizations on applications to designate new EB-5 Regional Centers, applications for pre-approval of EB-5 projects; having projects adopted by existing EB-5 Regional Centers; structuring projects to be EB-5 compliant, the sale of existing EB-5 Regional Centers, preparing template I-526 petitions and advice on structuring direct EB-5 projects. Pursuant to the requirements introduced under the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act, Kate works with EB-5 Regional Centers, EB-5 Projects, Overseas Migration Agents and Broker/ Dealers to develop internal programs for ongoing compliance and to prepare USCIS I-956, I-956F, I-956,G, I-956H, I-956K submissions. Kate has represented thousands of investors in obtaining their green cards through EB-5 regional center projects, as well as direct EB-5 investment opportunities. She also represented and structured the largest EB-5 offering in the Program’s history and has over the course of her career structured over $12 billion in EB-5 deals.

Within the field of immigration law, Kate is a well-known speaker and author. She is often called upon by various media outlets to comment on topics of business immigration law including the Real Deal, the Wall Street Journal, and Law360. Kate has appeared on numerous TV programs related to immigration law including CNN, the Stoler Report, Vietface TV, and China Business Network. Kate is also a prolific writer on the topic of immigration and has been published in immigration practice handbooks for the American Bar Association, American Immigration Lawyers Association, ILW, and in news periodicals that include the New Jersey Lawyer, the New York Law Journal, the New Jersey Law Journal, USA Today, GlobeSt.com, and the Commercial Observer. At the request of the American Bar Association, Kate co-authored the book “What Every Lawyer Needs to Know About Immigration Law,” a guide for non-lawyers on immigration law practice. She has sat on numerous bar association related committees including the American Immigration Lawyers Association EB-5 Practice Committee, the New Jersey Business Immigration Coalition and has chaired the American Bar Association’s, Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, Section of Administrative Law since 2011. Kate has been recognized in various legal surveys including Chambers Global, New York Super Lawyers, the New Jersey Law Journal who ranked as her as a “New Leader of the Bar,” (formerly 40 under 40) in 2012, NJBIZ “Best 50 Women in Business,” 2019, National Law Review, “Go-To Thought Leader: Immigration Law,” 2022, and Lawdragon 500, Leading U.S. Corporate Employment Lawyers, 2020-2022.

Kate is devoted to pro bono matters and has spent extensive time helping clients fleeing conflict and persecution with asylum applications, applying for and obtaining Temporary Protected Status and Humanitarian Parole.