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Washington, D.C., March 8, 2018: February has passed without new EB-5 rulemaking proposals from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Although this marks a schedule slip from its previous “02/00/2018” final action date, the absence of DHS rulemaking could indicate a “wait and see” approach to the Congressional immigration debate.   In autumn...

DECCAN CHRONICLE. | NAVEENA GHANATE | Mar 1, 2018 Due to speculation over the increase in minimum investments for EB-5 (employment-based fifth preference) Immigrant Investor Visa, the US Immigration Fund (USIF) is receiving many more applications for this visa type. An EB5 visa is issued to foreign investors investing in the US economy,...

EB-5 visas are sought by HNIs seeking permanent residency in US Romita Majumdar | Mumbai | February 28 [caption id="attachment_1267" align="aligncenter" width="512"] Representative Image[/caption] America’s leading EB-5 Regional Center, US Immigration Fund (USIF), is encouraging Indians to apply for their EB-5 visas as early as possible given a possible change to the EB-5...

Washington, D.C. – February 26, 2018: Two weeks ago, the Senate began negotiations for legislative changes to immigration law, using a “shell bill” introduced by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY.) with no preexisting provisions. The neutral start to the legislative proceedings is intended to allow debate to proceed among...

January 23, 2018 | Donoso Law Last year, the DHS accelerated its rule making schedule to adopt proposed new regulations on the EB-5 regional center program in February of 2018. The new EB-5 regulations increase minimum investment amounts, centralize TEA designations at DHS and allow for certain EB-5 petitioners to retain...

Washington, D.C. – January 19, 2018: As negotiations on Capitol Hill continue to reach agreement on a bill to fund operations of the U.S. federal government, employers and immigrants are frequently anxious about whether U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) will also shut-down. The short answer to this concern is “no”,...

Washington, D.C., January 16, 2018: As Congress debates legislative changes to the EB-5 Regional Center program ahead of the January 19, 2018 deadline for renewing the program, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) schedule appears on track to deliver new EB-5 regulations in February 2018. Last fall, the DHS accelerated its rule making schedule to...

Washington, D.C. – November 27, 2017:  Having travelled to India frequently during the last 12 months, attorneys Ignacio Donoso and Dennis Tristani at I.A. Donoso & Associates have met with dozens of successful and fascinating families from India, who have posed many interesting questions concerning the EB-5 visa process. We prepared...

Washington, D.C. – November 20, 2017: The recent USCIS EB-5 Stakeholder Engagement held in New York on November 7, 2017 provided some frank statements by USCIS that their EB-5 processing system has improved, but is still suffering from certain longstanding problems. One issue that will sound familiar to both EB-5 industry...