Category : Regional Centers

Major changes were affected on the EB-5 Investor Visa program in June. Because of both federal court rulings and legislative challenges, EB-5 has seen significant, though possibly temporary, changes. In… Read More

After Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C.) objection to extend the EB-5 Regional Center program via unanimous consent, the program expired as of June 30, 2021. The Regional Center program enables foreign… Read More

The congressional appropriations bill passed last month included an extension of the EB-5 Regional Center program through September 30, 2019. We expect that the program will be extended in the… Read More

In my last article we discussed obstacles and issues that faced the EB-5 program in 2018. These issues have largely arisen due to larger political factors, which recently resulted in… Read More

2018 was an interesting, and not altogether positive, year for the EB-5 program. Frequent political battles impeded the creation of a long term extension for the Regional Center program, wait… Read More

News reports say that Congress has agreed on a budget until September 30th. Section 542 extends the EB-5 RC statute without change to September 30th. Reports from Washington indicate that… Read More

Good News EB-5 Extension EB-5 Regional Center statute extended to April 28, 2017 without change. Senator Grassley tried this week to pass his latest EB-5 bill (“Grassley 2.0.”) as part of… Read More

As the December 11th deadline for the expiration of the current EB-5 Regional Center program approaches, the final provisions of the EB-5 extension bill are still unknown. Congress is working… Read More

USCIS reminded EB-5 regional centers and related commercial enterprises that they should not contain the words “United States,” “U.S.,” “US” and “Federal” in their names. If they use these words… Read More

Last week the White House released a statement regarding immigration reform. It included vague statements on EB-5. The White House said the Department of Homeland Security will create rules requiring… Read More