On Oct. 4, 2021, USCIS updated its EB-5 website and issued an alert regarding the current lapse of the EB-5 Regional Center Program. The Regional Center Program (the “Program”) has
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EB-5 Regional Center Program Expires June 30, 2021
As an update to our previous blog, the EB-5 Regional Center program was not extended by Congress by June 30, 2021. Congress did not pass a law to extend
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EB-5 Program Extended Until Sept. 30, 2017
The Omnibus bill that will continue to fund the federal government until Sept. 30, 2017, was passed in both the House of Representatives and the Senate on May 4, 2017,
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Recap of the March 3, 2017 EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Stakeholder Engagement
On March 3, 2017, the USCIS Immigrant Investor Program Office (IPO) held an EB-5 Stakeholder Engagement in which several important updates to the program were provided.
“Unofficial” Statistics for Fiscal
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EB-5区域中心项目再一次被放入持续决议案延期至2017年4月28日
美国众议院已经递交了一份可以维持政府运作到2017年4月28日的持续决议案。
与九月末将EB-5区域中心项目以及另外三个移民项目延期的持续决议案类似，本次持续决议案一旦通过，将使得上述移民项目再一次被原封不动地顺延至4月28日。在此期间立法机构对EB-5区域中心项目的延期不附带任何项目的政策变化。
我们预计此项持续决议案将会在本周晚些时候被众议院通过，之后也将被参议院通过。
在上周，行业领导、司法委员会的主席以及资深议员曾试图在最后时刻推出一个EB-5全面改革的草案。但最终似乎因为没有足够的时间无法达成共识。
之后的几个月非常重要，我们需要团结在一起努力促成EB-5项目的改革。我们将密切关注移民局极其可能在1月份推出的新规章。此外，也需要与即将新上任的行政机构在立法以及规章改革事项上一起合作。
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Another Clean extension of the EB-5 Regional Center program — Proposed Continuing Resolution Through April 28, 2017
The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate have passed the Continuing Resolution (CR) legislation to keep the government open through April 28, 2017.
As with the CR in late September
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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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Senate Expected to Vote on Short-Term EB-5 Extension on September 27
On Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, the Senate Majority Leader filed legislation to fund the Federal Government through Dec. 9. In addition to continuing the government’s funding into December, the bill
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New Report Validates the EB-5 Program as a Most Efficient Job Creation Program
A June U.S. Policy Metrics/Hamilton Place Strategies report Harnessing Private Capital For Job Creation: An Analysis Of The EB-5 Visa Program demonstrates the impact of the EB-5 visa program as a net job creator and budget-neutral catalyst for bringing private investment into the U.S. The report was commissioned by the EB-5 Investment Coalition (EB-5IC), a broad-based, bipartisan organization focused on reauthorizing and strengthening the EB-5 Regional Center Program. This report is authored by Steve McMillin, a partner at U.S. Policy Metrics and former deputy director of the White House Office of Management and Budget under President George W. Bush; Michael Solon, also a partner at U.S. Policy Metrics and former budget advisor to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY); and Matt McDonald, a partner at Hamilton Place Strategies and a former advisor to President George W. Bush.
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