U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) continues to issue formal notifications initiating audits of EB-5 Regional Centers under the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 (RIA)’s authority.
The RIA requires USCIS to audit each approved Regional Center at least once every five years to ensure continued compliance with EB-5 program requirements. The audit process
On Sept, 25, 2025, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) began issuing Notices of Regional Center Termination (the Notices) to EB-5 investors whose investments were made through Regional Centers that failed to comply with the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 (RIA). By way of background, USCIS terminated the designation of many approved Regional
In this episode of GT’s Immigration Insights series, host Kate Kalmykov is joined by GT colleague Jennifer Hermansky to discuss USCIS regional center audits, including an introduction of the RIA 2022, site visits, and debarment procedures for bad faith actors.
Under the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 (RIA), designated EB-5 regional centers must make an annual payment into the EB-5 Integrity Fund. The annual fee is $20,000 for each regional center, except for those with 20 or fewer total investors in the preceding fiscal year (Oct. 1–Sept. 30) in its new commercial
In recent months, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has sent notices of intent to terminate (NOITs) to EB-5 regional centers that have not paid the “Integrity Fees” implemented by the 2022 EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act (RIA).
Congress introduced these annual Integrity Fees to help pay for many of the new integrity measures, such
On July 16, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued new guidance for the EB-5 Regional Center Program, detailing sanctions for noncompliance, adverse actions on EB-5 petitions, and special rules for good faith investors to maintain eligibility if their regional center or project is terminated or debarred.
On March 15, 2022, President Biden signed
On April 9, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services introduced audit guidelines for EB-5 regional centers as part of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act. Prior to the RIA passage in 2022, USCIS infrequently conducted audits of regional centers, and there was no published guidance, or statutory or regulatory consequences for a regional center’s failure to
In an update to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) fee schedule, USCIS updated the Form I-526 fee table to include the EB-5 Integrity Fund Fee, adding an additional $1,000 in filing fees for Forms I-526.
The EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 established the EB-5 Integrity Fund, which is to be financed
Please join Kate Kalmykov, Co-Chair of the Global Immigration & Compliance Practice, at an upcoming webinar Oct. 16 from 12 to 1 p.m. EDT.
On Oct. 11, 2023, USCIS provided additional guidance on their interpretation of the EB-5 laws created under the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 (RIA). In their
GT Immigration & Compliance Practice Shareholder Jennifer Hermansky is quoted in an article titled “Why EB-5 Regional Centers need to file the updated Form I-956G,” published on the EB5 Investors EB-5 Visa Blog Sept. 25, 2023.
Click here to read the full article, “Why EB-5 Regional Centers need to file the updated Form I-956G