As we reported last week, on April 27, 2012, USCIS Director Mayorkas hosted a Conversation engagement with the EB-5 community on the tenant-occupancy economic model. During the call the Director remained firm that the USCIS had not changed its policy with respect to the use of the economic model. He explained that the new guidance
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USCIS on Tenant Occupancy…How Times Have Changed Since 2009
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As we reported a few weeks back, USCIS has changed their policy with respect to the tenant occupancy method of calculating job creation. In recent weeks, they have issued a number of Requests for Evidence (RFE) associated with I-924 petitions for either initial regional center designation or project amendment that rely on “tenant occupancy”…
Due Diligence Questions to Ask When Seeking to Have Your Project Adopted by an Existing Regional Center
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We are often called in to speak to developers, private equity funds and other organizations that have an interest in having one or more projects adopted by a regional center. For many companies it often does not make sense to seek their own regional center designation for a variety factors including the time and cost…