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EB-5 Regional Centers Must File Form I-924A by December 29

December 15, 2015

All approved EB-5 Regional Centers with a designation letter dated on or before September 30, 2015, must file Form I-924A, for fiscal year 2015 no later than December 29, 2015.

There is no filing fee for Form I-924A.

Regional Centers are required to submit Form I-924A every year to demonstrate continued eligibility for the regional center designation. 8 CFR 204.6 (m)(6).

As a reminder Regional Centers may be terminated for:

  • Failure to provide USCIS with required information (which includes failing to file the required annual Form I-
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Increasing interest for EB5 Visa Investor Program

November 9, 2015

Historically, the EB5 Visa Investor Program has not been a popular immigration path to US.  However, within the last several years, interest in the program has increased dramatically.  In fact, 2014 was the first year since the program began in 1991 that USCIS issued all 10,000 EB5 visas that it was permitted to issue in a year.  Specialists in the field are predicting that this cap will be reached again in 2015, thus increasing the likelihood that this visa program will begin to experience a backlog. 

The main reasons for increased attraction to EB5 are changes to the world’s...

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Sudden proposal to bring EB5 Regional Center Program to the end

October 10, 2015

Last week, U.S. media outlets reported that Senator Dianne Feinstein proposed to end EB5 Visa Investor Program by opposing an extension of the program beyond December 11, 2015.  The expiration will not touch the EB5 program itself, only the Regional Center program which accounts for more than 90% of all investor applications

Feinstein’s announcement was notable because it was the first instance in which a US Senator publicly advocated for ending the Regional Center Program.  While other representatives have been critical of certain aspects of the program, they have publicly sought...

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