An IIUSA-hosted EB-5 Webinar Tuesday, April 21 | 2 P.M. ET/ 11 A.M. PT U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) provides government oversight of the EB-5 Program by creating and implementing policy through federal regulations. Sometimes, however, USCIS creates policies through other processes, such as updates to its Policy Manual or through adjudication decisions, that [...]
Note: A version of this article by JTC Americas' General Counsel Jill Jones was published on Bloomberg and can be read here. Any discussion regarding the EB-5 industry these days inevitably includes the words “retrogression,” “backlog,” and “long processing times.” And for good reason. Although USCIS’ published adjudication time for the conditional green card petition [...]
NES Financial would like to congratulate the following new EB-5 Regional Centers on their USCIS approval for the month of March 2017: Coastline Regional Center Extell Utah Regional Center To keep your EB-5 Regional Center designation for 2019, you must file a Form I-924A (Annual Certification of Regional Center) with the USCIS by December 29. [...]
NES Financial would like to congratulate the following EB-5 Regional Centers on their USCIS approval for the month of February 2017: Advantage America Seattle Regional Center CP Northern Regional Center California Agricultural Greenhouse Regional Center, LLC Greystone EB5 Northeast RC, LLC Health and Welfare EB-5 Regional Center, LLC Texas Crown Regional Center, LLC Invest Guam [...]
On January 11, USCIS Director León Rodriguez delivered his farewell address and reminded attendees and listeners of the oft-overlooked human element in immigration decisionmaking and policy. The son of Cuban immigrants, Rodríguez began by recounting humble upbringings on 82nd Street in Miami, Florida. The narrative quickly progressed from shared homes and cramped apartments to his [...]
NES Financial would like to congratulate the following EB-5 Regional Centers on their USCIS approval for the month of November 2016: Benefield California Regional Center Eagle EB-5 Regional Center HS Regional Center, LLC NY Entrepreneurs Fund, LLC Western Energy Regional Center To keep your EB-5 Regional Center designation for 2019, you must file a Form [...]
NES Financial would like to congratulate the following EB-5 Regional Centers on their USCIS approval for the month of October 2016: American Investment Fund Regional Center, LLC American Southern Regional Center, LLC Invest Atlanta Regional Center KCI Capital Limited KOIT Global Investments Sun Island Regional Center The Flame Regional Center TLQ Partnership, LLC TriHaven Investment [...]
NES Financial would like to congratulate the following EB-5 Regional Centers on their USCIS approval for the month of September 2016 America California Construction, LLC America Commonwealth Regional Center (Pending Termination) American Heritage Regional Center, LLC American Immigration Fund Regional Center CanAm Texas Regional Center EB5 of Ohio F2E Regional Center, LLC USASIA Pacific, Inc. [...]
With increased scrutiny from the USCIS and raised levels of due diligence being performed by agents and investors, it is crucial for EB-5 projects to be able to provide the utmost in transparency. Laurie Newton, VP of Development for Mount Snow, talks about the importance of using solutions like NES Financial's Intelligent EB-5 Suite to [...]
Nearly 200 people joined us for our webinar, EB-5 Site Visits: Are You Ready?, where Daniel B. Lundy and Jessica DeNisi from Klasko Compliance along with Reid Thomas from NES Financial discussed what EB-5 issuers need to know about upcoming USCIS site visits. Thomas started off with talk about all the different versions of proposed [...]