Due to a recent system conversion at the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), all I-829 receipt notices and ASC Appointment notices are now delayed 90 days or more. This may be dismaying for many EB-5 investors and their dependent family members who may have waited a long time to reach this final step in the EB-5 process. Since the I-829 petition can only be filed 90 days prior to the expiration of the EB-5 investor’s conditional permanent resident (CPR) status, the 90+ day delay in the issuance of receipt notices on the part of USCIS is at the top of the list of problems plaguing the I-829 process right now. It appears to be especially problematic for those I-829 petitioners and dependents who are located outside of the United States at the time the I-829 petition is filed.
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Update on Vietnam Retrogression
The U.S. State Department has released its monthly Visa Bulletin for the month of May 2018. Notably, the priority dates for the Regional Center EB-5 category for nationals of Vietnam…
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GT’s EB-5 Group Will Participate in the 2017 AILA EB-5 Investors Summit
Greenberg Traurig Attorneys Kate Kalmykov and Jennifer Hermansky will participate as presenters at the 2017 American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) EB-5 Investors Summit, Dec. 8-9, 2017, in Las Vegas. …
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Greenberg Traurig EB-5 Group to Sponsor 2017 Invest in America Summit and Exhibition
Greenberg Traurig’s EB-5 team will sponsor and participate as an organizing committee member of the 2017 Invest in America Summit and Exhibition, the largest USA-themed investment conference and exhibition…
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A Detailed Look at the Proposed EB-5 Regulations
On January 13, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Making (“NPRM”) seeking to amend the current EB-5 regulations. As required by the Administrative…
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Greenberg Traurig Attends ABA 39th Annual Franchising Forum
Greenberg Traurig attorneys attended and presented at the ABA 39th Annual Forum on Franchising in Miami Florida. The ABA provides this forum to study and discuss the legal aspects…
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国家签证中心将根据签证排期表中表B的截止日期来启动EB-5类别移民签证的案件处理
许多中国大陆出生的EB-5投资者最近注意到,他们不再能够访问国家签证中心(NVC)的在线平台。 此在线平台的功能包括移民签证费账单的支付,移民签证(DS-260)的申请,以及其他功能。 国家签证中心已确认将使用每月签证公告的申请递件排期表(“表B”)来启动案件处理。10月份的签证排期公告显示,对于中国大陆出生的EB-5投资者,表B当前优先日的截止日期是2014年6月14日或更早。因此,国家签证中心表示不会处理优先日晚于10月签证排期公告中表B截止日期的案件。
这种在处理中国大陆出生的EB-5投资者的移民签证申请上的改变导致许多人无法继续进行在处理方式变更之前开始的DS-260申请,以及无法支付移民签证费用帐单,完成DS-260申请,或从国家签证中心收到确认DS-260申请的所有相关文件已被接收的通知。根据国家签证中心的指示,在今年10月,只有那些优先日期为2014年6月14日或更早的中国大陆出生申请人能够在被国家签证中心通知后继续移民签证处理程序。另外,每个月国家签证中心将通知那些优先日在签证排期表表B截止日期之前的申请人。重要的是,对于以前已经提交给国家签证中心但优先日在排期表表B截止日期之后而不能进行处理的案件,国家签证中心表示将给申请人发出确认收到申请和材料的通知。
此外,国务院证实,正在努力使其在线平台现代化,并指出目标是在2017年春天,建立一个全新的门户网站. 此网站包括所有目前可用的独立的在线功能,如签证费用账单支付,DS-260提交,案件状态查询,以及许多其他功能。
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NVC To Initiate Immigrant Visa Processing Based on Chart B Cut-Off Dates for EB-5 Categories
Many of the mainland China born EB-5 investors recently noticed that they no longer had access to the National Visa Center (NVC) online platform for the purposes of immigrant visa…
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美国移民局有关2016年10月排期的说明
美国移民局于2016年9月22日决定,在2016年10月,除了少数职业移民的类别外,家庭移民和职业移民的调整身份申请人可以根据申请递件排期表(Dates of Filing Visa Application chart),也称为签证排期表中的表B来递交调整身份的申请。美国移民局指出EB-4宗教人士类别的调整身份申请人和EB-5区域中心项目类别的调整身份申请人,将只能使用移民签证名额的实际排期表(Final Action Dates chart), 也被称为表A。美国移民局解释说,由于EB-5区域中心项目和EB-4宗教人士移民项目预计于9月30日到期,因此这两个类别将在被国会延期之前,没有签证名额可用。公告还指出,这两个项目在延期后,移民局会适当的更新签证排期表以及更新网页来提供有关身份调整资格的信息。
在2016年9月28日,国会批准了短期联邦支出法案,其中包括将EB-4和EB-5区域中心项目在没有政策改变的情况下延期到2016年12月9日。 虽然美国移民局有更新该项目的网页,以反映在这些类别目前有签证名额可用。然而EB-5类别的调整身份申请人仍然不能使用表B来进行调整身份的申请。此外,移民局指出所有EB-5类别的申请人(包括区域中心和非区域中心项目)必须使用移民签证名额的实际排期表(Final Action Dates chart), 也被称为表A。对于出生在中国大陆已获得I-526批准的调整身份申请人,在2016年10月,只有那些优先日在2014年2月21日或之前的申请人才可以申请调整身份。
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USCIS Clarifies Availability of Priority Dates for October 2016
On September 22, 2016, USCIS determined that for October 2016, Adjustment of Status applicants in family-based and employment-based categories will be able to utilize the Dates of Filing Visa Applications…
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