The trouble with the EB-5 sustainment timeline (comment on IIUSA lawsuit and...
Last week IIUSA sued USCIS over Q&A that interpret the two-year minimum investment sustainment period, disputing that the EB5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 (“RIA”) actually changed the EB-5...
View Article2+ years from when? EB-5 sustainment period in context
This week I’m excited to participate in a webinar designed to shine light from multiple directions on the hot button issue of the required EB-5 investment timeframe. The webinar features top EB-5...
View ArticleEB-5 Investment Flow Chart and Comparison of Timeframes (investor, project,...
How long do EB-5 funds stay invested? I’ve approached this hot question from several angles, including a previous blog post on the intersection between immigration timing and investment timing, and a...
View ArticlePolicy Manual Updates (Regional Center Penalties, Good Faith Investor...
USCIS updated the EB-5 section of the USCIS Policy Manual today with substantive new content related to regional center penalties and investor protections. A Policy Alert on EB-5 Regional Center...
View ArticleWhat happens to investors after regional center termination (interpreting...
USCIS is in process of terminating many regional center designations for “purely administrative non-compliance” – meaning that the regional center didn’t do anything actively wrong, but left...
View ArticleIIUSA sustainment lawsuit and EB-5 integrity
I had hoped to be spared writing more about the IIUSA sustainment lawsuit, IIUSA vs. DHS et al. I protested when it came out last year, but expected it to die a natural death once a judge had a look...
View ArticleIPO employee terminations, and why people are important
[3/4 UPDATE: I am happy to see the report that OPM walks back memo on firing probationary employees, leaving decision to agencies. 3/17 UPDATE: USCIS announced Probationary Reinstatements. I’m thankful...
View ArticleTrump Gold Card transcripts
The Trump administration has put immigrant investment in the spotlight and crosshairs, with discussions in the Oval Office yesterday and at a cabinet meeting today that talked up a potential new “Gold...
View ArticleJoint Status Report in sustainment lawsuit
3/21 UPDATE: See Second Joint Status Report in Sustainment Litigation I am happy to see that the February 27 Joint Status Report in the IIUSA sustainment lawsuit addresses the issues that I raised last...
View ArticleSecond Joint Status Report in Sustainment Litigation
George Orwell defined an important political skill called doublethink: “To know and not to know, to be conscious of complete truthfulness while telling carefully constructed lies, to hold...
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