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’
Recently, Greenberg Traurig LLP’s Global Immigration & Compliance Co-Chair Kate Kalmykov (New York/New Jersey), Shareholder Jennifer Hermansky (Philadelphia), and Associate Luna Ma (Shanghai) visited locales in Asia to meet with
Continue Reading GT Team Travels and Educates Across Asia
The federal government’s fiscal year begins on Oct. 1, and while the new fiscal year brings new visa numbers, many EB-5 regional center stakeholders and investors were surprised by the
Continue Reading Takeaways From State Department’s EB-5 Visa Delays
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
On Jan. 29, 2020, USCIS announced that it would be making a significant change to the processing of I-526 Petitions, commonly referred to as EB-5 Petitions. USCIS previously had a
Continue Reading USCIS Announces Significant Change to EB-5 Adjudications Processing
After years of delay the Obama-era EB-5 immigration regulations were published on July 24, 2019. You can find a copy of the regulations at this link. You can also
Continue Reading New EB-5 Regulations: Winners and Losers
Currently, the average processing time for an I-526 petition ranges from 20.5 to 27 months, as shown in the screenshot from USCIS website below. For cases filed with an receipt
Continue Reading Current EB-5 Processing Times
Today, OMB published the bi-annual Unified Regulatory Agenda. This important transparency tool reflects agency rulemaking updates and plans for the immediate future. The updates are broad and encompass all areas
Continue Reading OMB Publishes Fall 2018 Unified Agenda with EB-5 Regulatory Updates