Many of the countries international students originate from are also top EB-5 countries. One of the top reasons foreign investors select the EB-5 Program is to send their children to a US educational institution. The EB-5 Program gives qual...
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EB-5 program: It helps to have friends in high places
While acting as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. — a close ally and golfing buddy of President Donald Trump — is co-sponsoring a bill easing restrictions on the EB-5 program. That program allows non-Am...
FY2019 Q4 Petition Processing Statistics
USCIS has published processing data for July through September 2019 (FY2019 Q4). (1/15 Update: Today USCIS deleted links to the Q4 EB-5 reports that were posted yesterday on the Immigration & Citizenship Data page. Was it something I said? But...
New EB-5 rules targeting abuse may be eased
Sen. Lindsey Graham and the Hudson Yards development Senators Lindsey Graham and Chuck Schumer are co-sponsoring the bill, only two months after the new rules took effect, and which were meant to curb fraud Source: https://therealdeal.co...
McKinsey & Co. best practices for infrastructure investments may align with EB-5 program
Gains from infrastructure, such as transportation, power and water, may be fully realized only when projects generate true public benefits, a fact that makes it difficult for many governments — including the United States — to select the right...
Legislation would ease restrictions on EB-5
Senator Lindsey Graham is co-sponsoring a bill that would ease some new restrictions on the EB-5 program, WSJ reported. The bipartisan bill is notably backed by Chuck Schumer and would lower the minimum amount for foreigners investing outside ...
Attorney general should accept court’s ruling on public records
It’s outrageous that Attorney General TJ Donovan — the state government’s top lawyer — is refusing to accept a ruling by the Vermont Supreme Court. Donovan knows full well that the Supreme Court’s ruling has the force of law. The court r...
AG deliberately misinterprets public records ruling, secretary of state says
Rep. Jim Harrison, R-Chittenden, of the House Government Operations Committee, right, questions Tucker Anderson of the Office of Legislative Counsel about public records laws on Thursday. Attorney General TJ Donovan is using a “twisted int...
The decade in review
January 2020 marks the 10th anniversary of this blog and 12 years since I started writing business plans for immigrant investment. I’ve been looking back on years of work and EB-5 reporting, picking out significant milestones on the path that ...
2 Unique EB-5 Program Benefits Worth Talking About More
There are numerous EB-5 Program benefits, but two, in particular, are worth discussing in further detail. What is EB-5? EB-5 is a program that allows qualified foreign nationals to invest $900,000 in a US targeted employment area investment...
New York City Regional Center Announces Full Repayment of $228 Million to EB-5 Investors in Atlantic Yards Development Offering
Resulting job creation from offering enabled 1,331 individuals to receive permanent residency in the United States The New York City Regional Center (NYCRC) is pleased to announce the full repayment of $228 million to EB-5 investors in its ...
Developers Want Out Of EB-5 Fraud Claims Over Fla. Hotel
A group of companies behind a Miami hotel project urger a Florida federal judge Thursday to shield them from allegations that they helped scam Chinese investors and dashed their chances of winning a green card through the EB-5 visa program. Th...
Indictments, investor wins mark turning point in EB-5 scandal
Jay Peak developers Ariel Quiros, left, and Bill Stenger were indicted May 22, 2019, in federal court in Burlington. he ongoing saga of the EB-5 scandal at Jay Peak Resort is long from over, but 2019 marked a turning point in the story, whi...
Q&A with KBCF's Melissa White on EB-5 Visas
Melissa White discusses the Community Foundation’s EB-5 Visa plan The Key Biscayne Community Foundation’s Director, Melissa White, sat with Islander News and discussed a new program for the foundation. IN. What’s the new plan with EB-5 V...
EB-5 News 2020: How Long Is The Wait For A Visa?
Top EB-5 news 2020: The visa wait time is the question on every interested investor’s mind as we start off the new year. From investment to EB-5 visa, how long does it take to get EB-5 conditional permanent residency? There are sever...