Archive for the ‘EB-5 Visa’ Category
Friday, December 4th, 2009
An Idaho company has won the federal approval to serve as a regional center for foreign investment, joins the list of more than 70 regional centers across the country to bring money from qualified foreign investors into the local economy under the Employment-Based Fifth Preference Visa category (EB-5). EB-5 offers ...
Posted in 70 Regional Centers, Create 10 Permanent Jobs within 2 Years, EB - 5, EB-5 Visa, Employment-Based Fifth Preference Visa Category, Federal Approval to Serve as a Regional Center for Foreign Investment, Idaho Business Review, Idaho Corporation’s Effort to attract $50M New Foreign Investment, Immigrant Visas, Qualified Foreign Invesors | No Comments »
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
“Never before have the waiting times to obtain permanent residence in the U.S. been so long for persons in the employment-based categories,” says Carl Shusterman, a famous immigration attorney. Presenting an analytical article in his blog Nation of Immigrants, Mr. Shusteman observed, “Currently, only persons with EB-3 priority dates before ...
Posted in Adjustment of Status, Carl Shusterman, EB Immigrants: How Long Before I get My Green Card?, EB Priority Dates, EB-2 Visa, EB-5 Visa, Immigrant Visas, Increasing Green Card Waiting Periods, Labor Certification, Nation of Immigrants, Retrogression, Visa Bulletin | No Comments »
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have announced on Monday that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Appropriation Act of 2010, signed by the President on October 28, 2009, has extended the following four programs through September 30, 2009:
E-Verify;
Immigrant Investor (EB-5) Pilot Program;
Special immigrant visa category for non-minister religious ...
Posted in Certain Religious Workers, Conrod 30 Program, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Appropriation Act of 2010, DHS, E-Verify, EB - 4, EB - 5, EB-5 Visa, Enforcement, Green Card & Citizenship, Immigrant Investor (EB-5) Pilot Program, Immigrant Visas, Investor Pilot Program, J-1 Nonimmigrant Exchange Visitors, Permanent Resident, Special Immigrant Visa Category for Non-Minister Religious Workers, USCIS, USCIS Programs Extended Through September 2012 | No Comments »
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Acting Deputy Director, Michael Aytes has responded to Recommendation 40 of the CIS Ombudsman, concerning Employment Creation Immigrant Visa (EB-5) Program. Initially, the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman had suggested eight recommendations ranging from curing deficiencies to promoting the EB-5 program overseas. In ...
Posted in CIS Ombudsman, EB-5 Program, EB-5 Visa, Employment Creation Immigrant Visa, Michael Aytes, Recommendation 40, USCIS | No Comments »
Friday, March 13th, 2009
Yesterday, USCIS announced that the Immigration Investor Pilot Program has been extended until September 30, 2009 due to signing of the “Fiscal 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Bill,” H.R. 1105 on March 11, 2009. Under section 203(b)(5) Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. §1153(b)(5), 10,000 immigrant visas per year are available ...
Posted in EB-5 Visa, Fiscal 2009 Omnibus Appropriation Bill, Immigration Investor Pilot Program | No Comments »
Monday, February 23rd, 2009
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) gave an update to its customers that the provisions of EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program will expire or sunset at midnight on March 6, 2009. The objective of this pilot program is to allow eligible aliens to become lawful permanent residents and simultaneously ...
Posted in EB-5 Visa, I-485, I-526 | No Comments »
Friday, January 30th, 2009
In a bid to meet the March 6, 2009 deadline, the California Service Center is identifying and speeding up all pending I-485 or Adjustment of Status applications (AOS) filed under EB-5 pilot program and non-minister religious worker category.
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Friday, January 9th, 2009
For improving the efficiency in the processing of EB-5 related filing, USCIS has announced fresh requirements that the petitions and applications related to the Alien Entrepreneur (EB-5) immigrant classification, and regional center proposals under the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Pilot Program must be filed at the California Service Center (CSC) regardless ...
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