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USCIS Seeks Public Comments on Filing Fee Increase
10 Jun 2010 / Announcements, EB-5 Visa, Employment Authorization, Family Visas, Fiancé(e) visas, Green Cards, News, Waivers of InadmissibilityThe U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) seeks public comments on its proposal to increase filing fees for the adjudication of applications, and to recover costs in administering the immigration laws. The proposal was posted yesterday in the Federal Register. The proposed increase would raise filing fees for most applications by 10%. The comment period begins on June 11, 2010 and ends on July 26, 2010. [...]
More and More Foreign Nationals Investing Millions for Green Cards
11 Jan 2010 / EB-5 Visa, Green Cards, Immigration ReformThe Washington Post reported today that number of foreign nationals who have applied for permanent residence (a green card) based on their investment between $500,000 to $1 million in a U.S. business has approximately tripled in the past fiscal year. The rise in the number of applications have been the result of businesses that are in need for cash to either stay in business [...]
USCIS Extends Certain Immigration Benefits Until September 2012
24 Nov 2009 / Announcements, EB-5 Visa, Employer Sanctions, Green Cards, Immigration Reform, J-1 visas, Legislative Watch, Religious WorkersThe U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reported today that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Appropriations Act of 2010, signed by President Obama on October 28, 2009, has extended the E-Verify, the Immigrant Investor (EB-5 Pilot Program), the Special Immigrant visa category for non-minister religious workers, and, the date by which J-1 nonimmigrant exchange visitors must obtain J-1 status to qualify for [...]
USCIS Clarifies the Criteria for Immigrant Investors
19 Jun 2009 / EB-5 VisaThe U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a guidance memorandum yesterday that clarifies the definition of job creation and the meaning of full-time positions in the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program. The guidance memorandum clarifies the requirement of employment creation and, what is considered as a permanent job for the purposes of the invesment based immigrant visa petition. Under the guidance memorandum, The USCIS [...]
Orlando Gets Designated EB-5 Regional Center
27 Nov 2008 / EB-5 VisaThe Orlando Business Journal reports that Orlando’s Lake Buena Vista Resort Village & Spa has become Florida’s first federally designated EB-5 Regional Center: The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service designation, known as the EB-5 immigrant investor program, allows foreign buyers to eventually become permanent United States residents by investing at least $1 million in properties. [...]
