Republican Presidential candidate Jon Huntsman made an interesting point during last week?s Republican debate; an increase in legal immigration could turn around the depressed U.S. housing market. An article from the Washington Post examines wh...
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Local Publications Report New EB5 Visa Regional Center Developments
Several regional centers are making headlines as they finalize new developments through the EB5 visa program. In recent weeks, another would-be regional center announced that it is awaiting approval from USCIS, while a more established one has rec...
Maryland EB5 Regional Center Anticipates Casino Project
It?s no secret that many American developers look favorably upon Chinese investors. Which is why it comes as no surprise that developers of a casino project in Maryland called ?Maryland Live!? recently made a pitch to prospective EB-5 investors in...
Mississippi EB5 Visa Immigrant Investor Project Finally on Track
An EB-5 immigrant investor project that received substantial attention last year is once again making headlines. GreenTech Automotive, a new U.S. automotive company headquartered in McLean, Virginia, will begin churning out cars at one of its M...
More Real Estate Developers Favoring EB5 Immigrant Investor Program
Ever since the economy took a nosedive, real estate developers have been on the hunt for alternative sources of financing for their projects. Consequently, interest in the EB5 immigrant investor program has increased considerably. According to a...
NPR: Are U.S. Visa Policies Too Strict for Startups?
With the economy on its head, the United States is in desperate need of talented entrepreneurs who can create new jobs. Yet ironically, despite an ever-increasing number of foreign entrepreneurs all eager to create new businesses in the U.S., im...
New EB5 Visa Projects Promises Jobs Across Gulf Coast
The EB-5 Regional Center Program is making headlines once again thanks to its increased popularity as a "tax free" way to create more jobs in areas of high unemployment. The Gulf Coast Business Review recently reported that the EB5 Visa Progra...
Noted Immigration Attorney Confirms Impending EB-5 Visa Reforms
USCIS is moving toward a "consultative process" whereby regional centers offer evidence to economists and other experts hired by the agency; a move that could ameliorate many frustrations among EB-5 visa investors and regional center operators. ...
Silicon Valley Heavyweights Discuss EB5 Visa Investor Visa Reform
Although this month's meeting of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness in Palo Alto gave little attention to the EB-5 visa, the potential for a new entrepreneur visa became a central element of the discussion. The meeting's contex...
The StartUp Act: How Will It "Reform" the EB5 Visa?
On December 2, 2009, noted venture capitalists Paul Kedrosky and Brad Feld published an editorial in the Wall Street Journal calling for a new visa category for foreign-born entrepreneurs. It was one of the first pieces anyone had published in ...
Why USCIS is Delaying Most EB5 Visa Reforms
It looks like the EB-5 community will have to keep waiting for most of USCIS' proposed reforms. According to a memo released by the USCIS Office of Public Engagement on September 13, the agency is now allowing direct email communication between...
3 Insights From the June 2011 EB-5 Investment Visa Stakeholder Meeting
For the EB-5 community, it's "that time" again. With the USCIS June 2011 Stakeholder Meeting now over, EB-5 practitioners and experts are already talking about the agency's responses to EB-5-related questions and about just how helpful ? or un...
A Difficult Insurance Policy to Recommend for Immigrant Investors
How, in theory, Sidecars Insurance is able to pay a $500,000 claim after an EB-5 investor pays $35,000 in premiums Continued from the third article in our 4-part series about an EB-5 reimbursement insurance program: The insurance arrange...
A Good Way to Pay Claims for an Insured EB-5 Green Card Investment?
The Life Partners Holdings (LPHI) stock price has fallen steadily since the company became the subject of an SEC investigation earlier this year. On May 13, the SEC issued Life Partners a notice indicating impending civil charges against two o...
ABIL: Investor Due Diligence and the Source of EB-5 Funds
The first EB-5 investor due diligence checklist provided by ABIL's attorney presenters during last month's webinar included several questions investors should ask before committing to a specific EB-5 project or regional center. But many regiona...