On Monday, June 28 from 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. EDT, please join the Greenberg Traurig EB-5 Team to discuss recent critical judicial and regulatory changes to the EB-5 Program.
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Federal Court Decision Strikes Down $900,000 EB-5 Investment Threshold
As discussed on this blog previously, a lawsuit challenging certain EB-5 regulations was successful on June 22, as Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley of the U.S. District Court for
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US Embassy in Ho Chi Minh City Temporarily Suspends Processing
Per the Department of State, as of June 2021, the Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Consulate has been closed for all routine services, including appointments scheduled with the American Citizen
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July Visa Bulletin Advances EB-5 Vietnam Visa Backlog Significantly
The State Department recently published the July 2021 Visa Bulletin. In the July 2021 Visa Bulletin, the final action priority date for EB-5 Vietnam moved forward significantly to April
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What will happen if the EB-5 Program Expires on June 30?
The EB-5 Regional Center program is set to expire again on June 30, 2021. The U.S. Congress has never made the Regional Center program permanent, and so it continued to
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USCIS Updates Policies to Improve Immigration Services
On June 9, 2021, USCIS issued three new Policy Alerts in the USCIS Policy Manual. These updates support Executive Order (EO) 14012, “Restoring Faith in Our Legal Immigration Systems
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Biden Executive Order Affirms Deference Policy Including EB-5 Cases
President Biden’s Executive Order, “Restoring Faith in Our Legal Immigration Systems and Strengthening Integration and Inclusion Efforts for New Americans,” promotes the efficient and fair adjudication of immigration
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USCIS Approves Zhang EB-5 Petition Following D.C. Circuit Ruling
In April 2021, USCIS approved the I-526 Petition of Huashan Zhang, a Chinese national who had appealed the denial of his EB-5 petition under USCIS’s recent “Loan Proceeds Policy,” which
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May 2021 Visa Bulletin Update & Predictions for Remainder of FY 2021
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
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Russian Suspension of Visa Processing Effective May 12, 2021
The United States Embassy in Moscow is reducing consular services and suspending visa processing as of May 12, 2021. This means that only emergency U.S. citizen services, as well as
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