Congress passed a short-term extension of the EB-5 Regional Center Program that will extend the program through June 30, 2021. This extension will decouple the EB-5 program from immigration programs including E-Verify, Conrad 30 Waiver Program for J-1 medical doctors and non-minister religious workers programs that are extended through Sept. 30, 2021.
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On March 21, Congressional leaders released a 2232 page, $1.3 trillion dollar Omnibus Appropriation for Fiscal Year 2018 with language extending the EB-5 program until Sept. 30, 2018.
SEC. 204. Section 610(b) of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (8 U.S.C. 1153 note) shall be applied
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, and was signed by the president on May 5, 2017. Of note, the bill continues a provision that will extend the EB-5 Regional Center Program