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July 2020 Visa Bulletin

July 29, 2020

 

This month we have seen the VIsa Bulletin make some progress in the EB-5 category even as the adjudications of Form I-526 continue to slow down.

  • EB-5 India (Regional and Non-Regional Centers) which became current in July, continues to will remain current in August and is expected to remain so for the foreseeable future.
  • EB-5 Worldwide (including El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, Mexico and Philippines), Regional and Non-Regional Centers, will also remain current into the next fiscal year.
  • EB-5 China (Regional and Non-Regional Centers) advances two
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EB-5 WAITING TIMES GET LONGER AND LONGER

August 8, 2018

On April 23, 2018, Mr. Charles ("Charlie") Oppenheim, Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division, U.S. Department of State, spoke at an EB-5 industry conference regarding visa waiting lines for EB-5 investors.ii He indicated that EB-5 visa applicants chargeable to mainland China and Vietnam now face visa backlogs for the foreseeable future, and that EB-5 visa backlogs for nationals of India, Brazil, South Korea, and Taiwan are expected by the summer of 2019.

Mainland China. Mr. Oppenheim stated that EB-5 cases filed in April 2018 could take "about 15 years"...

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Statement from the White House Press Secretary: Is Immigration Reform in the U.S. on the Radar?

January 10, 2018

President Donald J. Trump just concluded a successful bipartisan and bicameral meeting on immigration reform.  During the closed-door portion of the meeting, they reached an agreement to negotiate legislation that accomplishes critically needed reforms in four high-priority areas: border security, chain migration, the visa lottery, and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy.

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