Chinese retrogression

Each month, the Department of State (DOS) issues a visa bulletin which contains information regarding the availability of immigrant visas. The availability of immigrant visas is subject to numerical caps imposed by Congress, which limit how many foreign nationals may obtain immigrant visas each year. In the employment based green card category Congress allots 140,000 immigrant visas (green cards) to be issued annually. The employment-based categories are subdivided into five preference categories:

  • EB-1: Priority Workers (Extraordinary Ability, Outstanding Professors and Researchers, and Multinational Managers or Executives)
  • EB-2:  Professionals Holding Advanced Degrees and Persons of Exceptional Ability
  • EB-3:  Skilled Workers, Professionals, and Unskilled Workers
  • EB-4:  Certain Special Immigrants including Religious Workers
  • EB-5:  Immigrant Investors

No one country in each of the five categories is allowed to exceed more than 7 percent of the category per the requirement of 8 U.S. Code § 1153.Continue Reading What Every Chinese EB-5 Applicant and Agent Need to Know About Retrogression

美国国务院每个月都会公布包含移民签证发放名额信息的签证公告。移民签证名额取决于国会制定的限额，即每年外国人可以获得移民签证的名额上限。在基于雇佣关系的绿卡申请领域，国会每年会发放140，000个移民签证（绿卡）。基于雇佣关系的绿卡申请又分为五个优先领域：

  •  EB-1: 优先工作者（特别杰出的能力，优秀的教授和研究人员，跨国公
  •       司经理或高 管）
  •  EB-2:  拥有高等学历的专业人员和有特殊能力的人才
  •  EB-3:  技术工人，专业人员，以及非技术工人
  •  EB-4:  一些特殊移民包括宗教工作者
  •  EB-5:  投资移民

根据美国法典第8章第1153节的规定，任何一个国家的移民申请人不得超过任何一个领域的总名额的7%。Continue Reading 中国EB-5投资人面临排期过程中美国国务院签证公告的运作方式解读