Washington, D.C. - May 16, 2018: USCIS revised its policy guidance on immigrant investor (EB-5) cases involving tenant occupancy. Until now, the USCIS Policy Manual allowed for tenant-occupancy methodologies used by some petitioners to show their capital created, or will create, 10 indirect jobs. As of...
Washington, D.C. - May 16, 2018: USCIS updated its guidance regarding adjustment of status interview guidelines. USCIS confirms that waivers can be requested for interviews of employment-based adjustment of status applicants. USCIS however alerts applicants that an interview for adjustment of status will not be...
Washington, D.C., May 7, 2018: Over the past 12 months, the White House announced the end of Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”) for citizens of El Salvador, Honduras, Haiti and Nepal. TPS was originally granted to citizens of each of those countries because of humanitarian crises...
Washington, D.C. – May 3, 2018: The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) on May 2 announced an update to its Policy Manual, clarifying the rules for EB-5 Alien Entrepreneurs who have already received their Conditional Lawful Permanent Resident status (“Green Cards”) and who are...
Washington, D.C. – April 22, 2018: In the latest court decision between the White House and “sanctuary cities”, the Court of Appeals of the Seventh Circuit has decided that the federal executive branch may not withhold public safety grants from cities purely for their refusal...
Washington, D.C. – April 20, 2018: Not only do EB-5 investments need to show a risk of loss under U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) rules, but they also need a chance for gain. Although early EB-5 court cases focused on cases where the investment...
Washington, D.C. – April 2, 2018: The recent enactment on March 23, 2018 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 once again extended the EB-5 Regional Center program without material changes. The omnibus spending bill, which lasts until September 30, 2018, has created another window...
Washington, D.C. – April 9, 2018: EB-5 investors and other immigrant applicants may soon find themselves providing the U.S. immigration authorities with detailed histories of their online social media accounts, according to a rule proposed by the U.S. Department of State (“DOS”) to update its electronic...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it has reached the congressionally mandated maximum number of new H-1B visa petitions for fiscal year (FY) 2019. This is referred to as the “cap” on H-1B visas. The H-1B cap was reached in 5 days,...
Washington, D.C. – March 28, 2018: Last week, the House of Representatives and the Senate each passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018, a $1.3 trillion spending bill that funds the government through September 30, 2018. President Trump then signed the bill into law to...
