The April 2025 Visa Bulletin shows EB-5 unreserved retrogression for China and India due to rising demand, with final action dates moving back over two years. While EB-5 set-aside categories remain current, investors—especially from China and India—should act quickly as future retrogression is possible.
Continue Reading April 2025 Visa Bulletin and EB-5 Retrogression
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) released the availability of immigrant numbers in its March 2025 Visa Bulletin. All dates listed below are based on the final action dates
Continue Reading March 2025 Visa Bulletin Updates
As the 2024 federal fiscal year concludes, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) has released its highly anticipated October 2024 visa bulletin, ushering in the start of federal fiscal year
Continue Reading October 2024 Visa Bulletin Keeps Current Across Post-RIA Set-Aside EB-5 Categories, Backlogged Countries in the Unreserved Chart A Category Modestly Progress
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) recently published the October 2023 visa bulletin for the start of the government’s new fiscal year (FY 2024). The October 2023 visa bulletin presents
Continue Reading October 2023 Visa Bulletin: Much-Awaited Advancements in the EB-5 Category for China
Immigration & Compliance Practice Shareholder Nataliya Rymer is quoted in an EB-5 Investors article titled “China’s accession to Hague’s Apostille Convention expected to streamline EB-5 processing.”
Continue Reading Nataliya Rymer Quoted in EB-5 Investors Article, ‘China’s accession to Hague’s Apostille Convention expected to streamline EB-5 processing’
On Wednesday Dec. 28, 2022, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced a new COVID-19 testing requirement for air passengers traveling from China to the United States.
Continue Reading CDC Announces New COVID-19 Test Requirement for Travelers Coming from China: How Policies Abroad Impact Travel to the United States
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has released the monthly Visa Bulletin for October 2022 — the first month of Fiscal Year 2023. A review of the Visa Bulletin shows
Continue Reading The State Department’s October 2022 Visa Bulletin Shows Retrogression for Mainland-China- and India-born EB-5 Investors
To advance the safe resumption of global travel during the COVID-19 pandemic, on Oct. 25 President Biden issued a Proclamation emphasizing the continued enhanced measures against the spread of the
Continue Reading Biden Administration Lifts Travel Restrictions to Allow Vaccinated Travelers into United States
The Department of State’s May 2021 Visa Bulletin showed limited movement for the EB-5 category and previewed what may be the state of priority dates for the EB-5 category for
Continue Reading May 2021 Visa Bulletin Update & Predictions for Remainder of FY 2021
The U.S. Senate passed by Unanimous Consent an amended version of H.R. 1044, the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 that was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives
Continue Reading Senate Passes Per-Country Cap Elimination Bill that Affects Employment-Based Visa Programs Such as EB-5