SCOTUS Abortion Decision Drives Gush of US-Based Investment Migration Inquiries
“I’ve been receiving about a dozen inquiries a day, up from the one or two US-based inquiries I typically get daily,” says Lesperance.
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USCIS Drops Bombshell EB-5 Q&A Hours Before One-Sided, Overwhelmingly Negative “Listening Session”
All Regional Center designations are now defunct and all entities seeking to recruit RC-based investors must file for designation again.
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US Millionaires’ Citizenship Renunciations Nosedive in 2022, Exactly as Predicted in 2020
Just as Lesperance foresaw 18 months ago, citizenship renunciations among wealthy Americans are cratering. Here’s what he expects next.
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EB-5 Reform Bill Will Pass Today: Regional Center Program to Be Reauthorized Until 2027
The EB-5 Reform will bring minimum investment levels to $800,000 and $1,050,000 and grandfather in existing regional center investors.
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US Bipartisan Bill Aims to End Visa-Free Travel to US, EU, UK for Countries with Citizenship by Investment Programs
The bipartisan bill not only seeks to exclude countries with CIPs from the US visa waiver program, but also from visa-free travel to Europe.
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Understanding What Motivates the American Investor Migrant
Stephane Tajick has spent the last year catering to the growing US market for investment migration. Here’s what he’s learned.
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$500,000 EB-5 Investment Minimum Confirmed as DHS Withdraws Behring Case Appeal
The Department of Homeland Security will not appeal the Behring ruling after all, confirming $500,000 minimum investments for direct EB5.
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How Redeployment of At-Risk EB-5 Capital Works During The Regional Center Program Lapse
Now that the regional center program has lapsed, maintaining EB-5 capital at-risk through redeployment poses challenges, writes Aaron Grau.
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US Govt. “Trying to Stem The Flow of Expatriation” as IRS Names Nearly 1,000 Americans in Q3 Renunciation Update
David Lesperance says the US govt. is systematically suppressing expatriation and is hiding the true numbers to avoid encouraging more of it.
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Expat Group Sues US State Dept. Over Suspension of Renunciation Services, Violation of 5th Amendment
The US govt. is making renunciation practically impossible. That violates the constitution, says the association now suing the State Dept.
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Fighting City Hall and Winning: Matt “Sue ‘Em” Galati on Making the US Govt. Follow its Own Rules
“By filing numerous lawsuits because the agency wasn’t doing anything in 2019, we finally got the agency moving again,” says Matt Galati.
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Vietnamese Applicants Top Canada Startup Visa Recipients
In 2019, says Bastien Trelcat, “some consultants started abusing loopholes in the program, such as by selling it as a passive investment,” which has resulted in lower approval rates.
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Lapse of EB-5 Regional Center Program Jeopardizes $15bn in Capital Investment, Nearly Half a Million Jobs
Tens of thousands of lawsuits could stem from the Regional Center Program’s lapse, warns IIUSA’s Executive Director Aaron L. Grau.
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With No Regional Center-Based EB-5 Applications to Process, Why is I-829 Adjudication Slowing?
The Investor Program Office at the USCIS had three jobs to do. With the regional center closed, they have only one. So, what’s the hold-up with I-829s?
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US Citizenship Renunciations Fall Sharply as US Consulates Worldwide Refuse to Take Appointments
Thousands of Americans who wish to renounce their citizenship – a fundamental right – are barred from doing so under the pretext of COVID-measures.
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A Pragmatic (and Realistic) Approach to EB-5 Regional Center Reauthorization
Aaron Grau argues that some EB-5 regional center program advocates, in their pursuit of an ideal but unfeasible reform package, are risking re-authorization altogether.
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Clear Answers to All the Questions You Have About EB-5 Right Now
Is EB-5 dead? How does direct EB-5 work? Will the regional center program return? Is it true that minimums are back to US$500,000? Matthew Galati provides a jargon-free status update on EB-5.
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EB-5: Family Members Correctly Count Towards 10,000 Visa Cap, DC District Court Rules
The DC Court of appeals has upheld the prevailing interpretation, dashing hopes of a potential tripling of the effective EB-5 quota.
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Grau: EB-5 Regional Center Program Lapse is a Temporary Setback
Though the Senate rejected Grassley and Leahy’s request for unanimous consent, reauthorization bills are still pending, writes Aaron Grau.
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Senate Rejects Grassley-Leahy Reauthorization Bill: EB-5 Regional Center Program Will Sunset Next Thursday
What many had feared has happened: The regional center program will expire next week, potentially affecting as many as 100,000 investors.
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