In the latest podcast episode of the Immigration Insights Series, hosts Kate Kalmykov and Jennifer Hermansky, shareholders in Greenberg Traurig’s Immigration & Compliance Practice, address the latest challenges and opportunities facing EB-5 investors and regional centers in 2025.
Continue Reading Immigration Insights Episode 20 | Demystifying EB-5 Funding: Loans, Installments, and the Latest USCIS Rules
In recent months, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reportedly issued denials of EB-5 immigrant investor petitions (Form I-526E) where investors filed after making only an initial installment toward
Continue Reading EB-5 Compliance Alert: Petitions Must Be Approvable When Filed – Importance of Timely Funding for Installment Investments
On July 29, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia declined to intervene in the ongoing dispute over the EB-5 investment sustainment period, leaving current U.S. Citizenship
Continue Reading DC District Court Leaves EB-5 Sustainment Period Guidance Intact in IIUSA Lawsuit
In this episode of GT’s Immigration Insights series, Greenberg Traurig attorneys Kate Kalmykov and Jennifer Hermansky examine President Donald Trump’s recent announcement about introducing a Trump Gold Card, a new
Continue Reading Immigration Insights Episode 10 | EB-5 and the Trump Gold Card: Insights on Investment Immigration Reform
On Feb. 25, 2025, President Trump announced that he will seek to end the U.S. EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program, which provides foreign investors with permanent residency in the United States.
Continue Reading President Trump Addresses EB-5 Green Card Program and Proposes New Gold Card Immigration Program
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has published EB-5 program data for Fiscal Year 2024, Quarter 4. The released data show a high rate of denial for I-526 petitions versus I-526E
Continue Reading USCIS Releases EB-5 Adjudication Statistics
Please join Greenberg Traurig Immigration & Compliance Practice attorneys Dillon R. Colucci, Agnes Cha Rudinsky, and Caterina Cappellari for a discussion on the E-2 and EB-5 investor visa
Continue Reading Sept. 19 WEBINAR | Immigration Options for Investors
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released new information on its website about the International Entrepreneur Rule’s (IER) eligibility criteria and acceptable evidence. It also announced updates to investment
Continue Reading USCIS Updates Guidance and Increases Investment and Revenue Thresholds for International Entrepreneurs
GT Immigration & Compliance Practice Shareholder Jennifer Hermansky, the newly appointed EB-5 Committee chair for the American Immigration Lawyers Association, is featured on the EB5Investors.com blog. She discusses the challenges
Continue Reading Jennifer Hermansky Featured on EB5Investors.com Blog: ‘There is still quite a demand for EB-5 investment opportunities’
Please join Kate Kalmykov, co-chair of GT’s Global Immigration & Compliance Practice, for an upcoming webinar Feb. 7, 2024, at 2 p.m. EST.
Kate will be joined
Continue Reading Feb. 7 WEBINAR | Partial EB-5 Investments Before April 1 ~$8K Fee Increase: How to Start Your EB-5 Now with Less than $800K & Lock in Lower Fees