As the 2024 federal fiscal year concludes, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) has released its highly anticipated October 2024 visa bulletin, ushering in the start of federal fiscal year
Continue Reading October 2024 Visa Bulletin Keeps Current Across Post-RIA Set-Aside EB-5 Categories, Backlogged Countries in the Unreserved Chart A Category Modestly ProgressEB-5 RIA Integrity Fees Coming Due for FY 2025
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…
Continue Reading EB-5 RIA Integrity Fees Coming Due for FY 2025US Department of State Announces Annual Limit Reached in EB-5 Unreserved Category
The U.S. State Department and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that they have issued all legally available visas in the unreserved EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program categories for Fiscal Year…
Continue Reading US Department of State Announces Annual Limit Reached in EB-5 Unreserved CategoryUSCIS Terminates Regional Centers That Have Not Paid RIA Integrity Fees: Implications for Stakeholders
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…
Continue Reading USCIS Terminates Regional Centers That Have Not Paid RIA Integrity Fees: Implications for StakeholdersUSCIS Updates Guidance and Increases Investment and Revenue Thresholds for International Entrepreneurs
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released new information on its website about the International Entrepreneur Rule’s (IER) eligibility criteria and acceptable evidence. It also announced updates to investment…
Continue Reading USCIS Updates Guidance and Increases Investment and Revenue Thresholds for International EntrepreneursUSCIS Receipt Notice Delays Persist
On April 1, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began implementing a newly overhauled fee schedule, along with substantive changes to several of its forms used to petition or…
Continue Reading USCIS Receipt Notice Delays PersistHow EB-5 Regional Centers Can Prepare For USCIS Audits
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…
Continue Reading How EB-5 Regional Centers Can Prepare For USCIS AuditsUSCIS Updates I-526E Filing Fee Schedule to Include $1,000 Integrity Fund Fee, Bringing Total Filing Fees to $12,160
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…
Continue Reading USCIS Updates I-526E Filing Fee Schedule to Include $1,000 Integrity Fund Fee, Bringing Total Filing Fees to $12,160USCIS Adds ‘Months of Inventory’ Data Point to Form I-526 Processing Times Page
Earlier this month, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it would be publishing a “Months of Inventory” data point on its Form I-526, Immigrant Petition by Alien Investor…
Continue Reading USCIS Adds ‘Months of Inventory’ Data Point to Form I-526 Processing Times PageMarch 2024 Chart B AOS Filings Disallowed by USCIS
The U.S. State Department has published the March 2024 Visa Bulletin. For EB-5 cases, the Chart A priority dates for the new “set aside” visa categories of rural areas…
Continue Reading March 2024 Chart B AOS Filings Disallowed by USCIS