U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will hold an EB-5 Stakeholder Teleconference on Wednesday, February 26, 2014, from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm (EST). Stakeholders are invited to participate in
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USCIS Issues Final EB-5 Policy Memo
By Jennifer Hermansky on
Posted in USCIS, USCIS Public Engagement
On May 30, 2013, USCIS finally issued the much anticipated Final EB-5 Adjudications Policy Memorandum. The Final EB-5 Adjudications Policy Memorandum makes significant changes to and provides clarifications for…
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A Conversation with USCIS
By Kate Kalmykov on
Posted in EB-5 Program, USCIS Public Engagement
By: James Cormie
On May 23, 2013, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services will hold a “conversation” regarding the implementation of the new Electronic Immigration System (ELIS). ELIS will transform…
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Update on EB-5 Processing from USCIS
By Jennifer Hermansky on
Kate Kalmykov, Alissa Brodie and I attended the American Immigration Lawyers’ Association Mexico City EB-5 Conference, “Show Me the Jobs,” on May 2, 2013 in Miami, Florida. The lunch…
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USCIS Releases Long Awaited Draft EB-5 Policy Memorandum
By Kate Kalmykov on
Posted in Inspector General, USCIS Public Engagement
In November of 2011, and later on in January of 2012, pursuant to a directive by USCIS Director Alejandro Mayorkas USCIS issued two draft policy memos meant to consolidate all EB-5 guidance into a single overarching policy memorandum. The EB-5 community has been awaiting a third iteration of that memorandum for over a year and on February 14, 2013, USCIS issued a new version meant to include stakeholder comments and policy changes enacted over the course of the past year. The Service will accept comments from the public on the draft guidance until April 1, 2013.
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USCIS Announces October EB-5 Stakeholders Meeting
By Kate Kalmykov on
Posted in USCIS Public Engagement
USCIS has announced that it will hold its next EB-5 Stakeholders Meeting on October 16, 2012 from 3 p.m. to 4:30 in Washington, D.C. Individuals may participate in person or…
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Third Quarter Updates from USCIS on EB-5 Program
By Kate Kalmykov on
Last week USCIS held their quarterly stakeholders meeting. The agency released usage statistics for the EB-5 visa available here. They also provided the following updates:
- The regional center interim
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Possible Immigration Related Telephone Scam
By Kate Kalmykov on
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The American Immigration Lawyers Association has received reports of a new scam potentially victimizing aliens. According to one report, the individual will receive a call purporting to be from a…
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Executive Summary and Clarifications from May 1, 2012 EB-5 Stakeholders Meeting with USCIS
By Kate Kalmykov on
On May 1, 2012, the USCIS held their quarterly stakeholders meeting at the California Service Center. Yesterday, the USCIS issued anUSCIS EB-5 May Summaryof that meeting, in which…
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USCIS Announces Engagement with EB-5 Economists
By Kate Kalmykov on
This week in response to stakeholder requests, the USCIS announced that Director Alejandro Mayorkas would beholding a stakeholder engagement with USCIS economists on Friday, June 22, 2012 from 3:00 pm …
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