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EB5 Visa Processing Time in 2021

USCIS provides a Green card to the individual and immediate family members allowing the right to live and work in the USA. As a Green Card holder, you need to have this identity proof with you at all times. As an Indian, here are some categories through which you can apply for a Green card. …

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Update on the EB5 Visa Reform and Integrity Act 2021

Long term 5 year extension of the EB-5 program As some of you might know, the EB-5 Regional center program is scheduled to end June 30 2021, unless extended. Since 2016, Congress has been putting away much needed changes to the EB-5 program introduced in 1990 and instead Congress was simply putting a band-aid on …

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EB-5 Investment Projects: Selection criteria

The EB5 industry has undergone a sea change in the past year. First there was the changes to the EB-5 program effective November 2019, which increased the investment limits to $900,000 USD minimum for a TEA investment and stricter definition of TEA designated areas. Many projects simply wound down as they could not either qualify …

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Podcast on Adjustment of Status/I-485

I had recently done a couple of podcasts with two of the Top EB-5 attorneys in the Industry, Matt Galati & Michael Harris. Both of them have decades of experience in immigration and are particularly well versed in EB-5 as they have handled thousands of EB-5 Investors filings and have extensive knowledge about the Industry …

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EB5 Visa Job Creation Requirement

Differences Between Direct and Regional Center Projects By Marisa Marconi, Pinnacle Plan Writing, LLC EB-5 investors have two routes in their pursuit of an EB-5 visa: they can directly invest in a new commercial enterprise, or they can invest in a project sponsored by a Regional Center. Historically, different types of projects are associated with …

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