USAdvisors.org’s Michael Gibson discusses the importance of due diligence, how investors can protect themselves from bad projects, the latest hot topics in the EB-5 industry, transparency, and immigration broker fees during his interview with EB-5...
Bernie Wolfsdorf, immigration attorney and past national AILA President will be moderating a panel discussing EB-5 immigrant investor visa issues. The panel will include Jor Law, securities attorney, Kevin Wright, economist, and Michael Gibson, re...
Texas based EB-5 visa regional center USA Now is under investigation by the FBI for suspicion of money laundering, wire fraud, the transportation of stolen property and operating as a scheme to defraud wealthy Mexican nationals of their investment...
Bernie Wolfsdorf, immigration attorney and past national AILA President will be moderating a panel discussing EB-5 immigrant investor visa issues. The panel will include Jor Law, securities attorney, Kevin Wright, economist, and Michael Gibson, r...
Northern Beef Packers laid off workers, needed more funding, eventually files Chapter 11 bankruptcy The Northern Beef Packers plant, which opened in October 2012, is the most state-of-the-art facility in the U.S. In February 2012, EB5in...
According to sources at the AP the Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which overseas the EB-5 Immigrant Investor visa program, Alejandro Mayorkas is under investigation by Homeland Security's Inspector General Office for hi...
Below are summaries of the 2012 EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa AAO decisions recently posted by USCIS, which can be a accessed from and choosing the "Folders" for B7 and K1. A few issues with potentially broad implication, particularly concerning v...
On July 10, 2013 the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a long-awaited final rule to lift the ban on general solicitation and general advertising for certain private securities offerings. The final rule was adopted pursuant to the Jumpstar...
On June 19, 2013, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce, announced the elimination of its RIMS II product (Regional Input-Output Modeling System) due to budget cuts. RIMS II provides modeled estimates to the private sector a...
In October 2011, EB5News.com reported and further chronicled in a video documenatry of failed projects on how the El Monte Regional Center in El Monte, California had its designation from USCIS revoked, meaning that it could no longer solicit capi...
Oakland entrepreneur says his network of foreign investors and startup businesses will create thousands of jobs Oakland, and hundreds of foreign investors, have their eyes on Tom Henderson. The businessman raised eyebrows in late 2011 wh...
New Orleans Regional Center lawsuit will get new counsel. In April 2012, EB5News.com reported on a lawsuit brought forth by 27 EB-5 visa immigrant investors against New Orleans Regional Center operators William Hungerford and Tim Milbrath...
Boston-based regional center, EB-5 Jobs for Massachusetts (EB5MA), has successfully funded its most recent real estate project using EB-5 capital from foreign investors. The Melcher Street Project, located at 49 Melcher Street, is a restoration of...
On May 30, 2013, the USCIS released the EB-5 Policy Memorandum. As stated by the USCIS: “the purpose of this memorandum (PM) is to build upon prior policy guidance for adjudicating EB-5 applicants and petitions. Prior to policy guidance, to the ex...
On June 26, 2013, there will be a discussion about EB-5 issues. The FINRA's Emerging Regulatory Issues Department will be discussing EB-5 visa for investment programs. The event will take place from 8:15am-10:15am.
