This week in response to stakeholder requests, the USCIS announced that Director Alejandro Mayorkas would beholding a stakeholder engagement with USCIS economists on Friday, June 22, 2012 from 3:00 pm
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USCIS Follow-up on the Conversation with Director Mayorkas Related to Tenant Occupancy
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…
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USCIS Seems to be Changing its Mind About Introducing Premium Processing for EB-5 Regional Center Applicants
During the EB-5 conversation with Director Mayorkas today, he indicated that the USCIS is reconsidering the promise they made almost a year ago to introduce Premium Processing for regional center…
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The USCIS Tenant Occupancy Saga Continues
Last week, I travelled to the Bahamas to speak at the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s EB-5 conference. Without a doubt, USCIS’ change in position regarding the ability of regional …
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USCIS Announces Upcoming EB-5 Informational Sessions
In its efforts to continue to engage the public on EB-5 related issues the USCIS has announced two upcoming engagement sessions. Tomorrow from 3:00 to 4:00 pm EST the Service…
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EB-5 Breaking News: USCIS Issues Draft EB-5 Policy Memorandum
By: Kate Kalmykov
USCIS Director Alejandro Mayorkas invites stakeholders to review and comment on a draft policy memorandum (EB-5 AdjudicationsPolicy.pdf) on the EB-5 program. Greenberg Traurig, LLP will…
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