FIRST I-829 APPROVALS FOR HARBOURSIDE PLACE
I.A. Donoso & Associates LLC is pleased to announce that we received the first Form I-829 approvals from USCIS for the first EB5 investors in the award-winning Harbourside Place real estate development in Jupiter, Florida. Florida Regional Center / U.S. Immigration Fund was the sponsor of this capital investment project. You can schedule a consultation […]
The April 2016 Visa Bulletin
DOS has released the Visa Bulletin for April 2016. For EB-5 visas, both regional center and direct investments, the Final Action Priority Date for persons born in mainland China has now been set to February 1, 2014. The Filing Priority Date for persons born in mainland China has now been set to May 1, 2015. […]
Senate Hearings on the EB5 Program
On February 2, 2016, the United States Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing titled “The Failures and Future of the EB-5 Regional Center Program: Can it be Fixed?” Senators Grassley and Leahy presided over the hearing, and two witnesses gave testimony during the hearing: Nicholas Colucci, Chief of the Immigrant Investor Program Office (“IPO”), and […]
Congress Extends EB-5 Regional Center Program Until September, 2016
December 15, 2015. Congress has agreed to extend the EB-5 Regional Center program until 09/30/2016 with no changes. This solution was adopted after weeks of intense negotiations among key Senators and members of the House of Representatives, culminating in marathon negotiating sessions for the last 2 weeks. The solution to extend the EB-5 Regional Center program […]
Congress Nears Agreement on Eb-5 Program Extension
I.A. Donoso & Associates has been involved with the last round of negotiations for the extension of the EB-5 Regional Center Program. The last round of negotiations started with the limited release on Wednesday, December 2, 2015, of a proposed text of Senate Bill S.1501 to extend and broadly revamp the EB-5 Regional Center Program. […]
Capitol Hill Update: Progress of Renewal of the EB-5 Regional Center Program
November 25, 2015 There has been a flurry of activity on Capitol Hill in the last two weeks that show promising signs for the renewal and extension of the EB-5 Regional Center Program for 1 to 5 years after the deadline of December 11, 2015. In the last two weeks, the leadership offices of the […]
USCIS Adjustment of Status Filing Date Issue
USCIS has determined that employment based adjustment of status application filings in December 2015 may only use the Application Final Action Dates chart in the Department of State Visa Bulletin for December 2015. This chart only allows applicants with a priority date of 12/13/2013 or before to file for adjustment of status. Applicants who are […]
Final Action Date for EB-5 Mainland China moves to November 22, 2015 in the November 2015 Visa Bulletin
The EB-5 visa classification saw progress for Mainland China born petitioners in the November 2015 Visa Bulletin. The November 2015 Visa Bulletin lists the EB-5 category as Current for all countries except Mainland China born petitioners. The Final Action Date for Mainland China born petitioners moves to November 22, 2013. This is the date that […]
Final Action Dates for EB-5 Visas and the October 2015 Visa Bulletin
President Obama has approved and signed the short-term law, thereby completing the constitutional requirements for enacting the law. October 1, 2015 On September 30, 2015, the U.S. Congress and the President approved a short-term law named H.R. 719 that funds the U.S. Government’s operations and extends the EB-5 Regional Center Program until December 11, 2015. The effect […]
U.S. Government Extends the EB-5 Regional Center Program Until December 11, 2015
Today, September 30, 2015, the U.S. Congress approved a short-term law named H.R. 719 that funds the U.S. Government’s operations and extends the EB-5 Regional Center Program until December 11, 2015. September 30, 2015 President Obama has approved and signed the short-term law, thereby completing the constitutional requirements for enacting the law. The effect of this […]