September 19, 2017 – U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it will again accept Premium Processing applications for all H-1B temporary skilled worker petitions filed under the Fiscal Year 2018 cap. Premium Processing is a USCIS service offering a response with 15-calendar days of filing. Premium Processing...
Indian investors are pursing EB-5 immigrant investor visas in greater numbers than ever before. The EB-5 immigrant visa allows qualifying investors to receive green cards, based on an investment of US$500,000 in the U.S. that creates at least 10 new jobs. The U.S. Department of State (“DOS”) statistics show that Indian investors...
BY LAUREN ELKIES SCHRAM SEPTEMBER 12, 2017 6:15 PM [caption id="attachment_23533" align="aligncenter" width="753"] JD'S PLACE INSIDE THE LANDMARK AT 57 WEST. PHOTO: LAUREN ELKIES SCHRAM[/caption] On Friday, billionaires Mark Cuban and partner Todd Wagner of Landmark Theatres are debuting The Landmark at 57 West, a new movie theater on the Far West Side of Manhattan. The 30,000-square-foot cinema, which includes a...
BY CITYREALTY STAFF TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2017 [caption id="attachment_23550" align="aligncenter" width="825"] L to R: 461 Dean Street, VIA 57 WEST, HOUSE39[/caption] New York is a city of renters, we're told–and leasing offers convenience and flexibility for a population on the move. There's lots of talk about luxe interiors and impressive amenities–from doormen to dog...
August 28, 2017 USCIS today notified the public that it will require in-person interviews for all employment-based adjustment of status applicants (Form I-485), and all refugee/asylee relative petitions (Form I-730). The effective date for these changes is October 1, 2017. The stated goal of the new policy is detecting fraud. Current Policy Presently,...
September 18, 2017 – On April 18, 2017, the President held a press conference to issue a new executive order entitled “Buy American and Hire American”. This Executive Order sets out the core concept that the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government will seek to buy American and Hire American, and will...
Star-studded event benefits Andrea Bocelli Foundation and Celebrity Fight Night Muhammed Ali Parkinson Center Jupiter, Fla (May 19, 2016) Nicholas Mastroianni II, CEO of Jupiter-based U.S. Immigration Fund, LLC, will serve as Co-Chair of the prestigious Celebrity Golf Tournament in Tuscany, Italy, hosted by famed tenor, Andrea Bocelli. He will serve along with event...
Originally posted by The Real Deal By E.B. Solomont, April 1, 2016 Nicholas Mastroianni II is a man in perpetual motion. The 52-year-old CEO of the U.S. Immigration Fund, which raises money from foreign investors for real estate developments through the EB-5 program, spends a considerable chunk of his time on the road. Last...
Originally posted by Wall Street Journal By Eliot Brown, March 26, 2016 The program, known as EB-5, received applications from 17,691 investors in 2015, up from 11,744 in 2014 and 6,554 in 2013, according to figures released last week by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. In all, there were 21,988 investor applications pending...
Originally posted by Forbes.com By Andy Semotiuk, December 17, 2015 Despite recent strenuous efforts made by the Chairs and Ranking Members of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees to improve the EB5 investor immigration program as part of an omnibus appropriations bill currently to be enacted, Congressional leaders decided to sidestep the efforts...