$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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A Lesson in Legislation as We Await EB5 Regional Center Program Reauthorization
What do “budget reconciliations,” “continuing resolutions,” “omnibuses,” and “minibuses” mean for the future of EB-5? Aaron Grau answers.
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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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As the US Govt. Appeals Behring Case, What Will Happen to EB-5 Minimum Investments?
EB-5 min. investment amounts could change for a third time in two years if the Behring appeal goes ahead. That’s a big “if”, says Matt Galati.
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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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EB-5 is First and Foremost About US Job Creation, Not Immigration
“The reason for the rule matters when it comes to how the EB-5 program fulfills the policy’s purpose,” writes IIUSA Executive Director Aaron Grau.
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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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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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EB-5 Min. Investment Back to US$500k as Court Vacates Modernization Rule – For Now
Following a ruling yesterday, the EB-5 Modernization Rule, which raised the program’s minimum investments in 2019, is no longer in effect. That could change quickly.
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EB-5 Regional Centers Closing at Fastest Rate on Record
Between Jan and Sep 2019, the USCIS terminated 75 regional centers and approved only six. 80% of terminations since ’08 have taken place in the last two years.
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Regional Center Applications Plummet 95%, Lowest Level in 6 Years
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) received only 25 I-924 applications – the petition private and public economic
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EB-5: Regional Center Program Extended, IIUSA Supports Backlog Lawsuit
President Trump yesterday signed a spending package that included a short-term “continuing resolution” (CR) to extend the EB-5 Regional Center
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EB-5 Program Gets Another Six-Month Lease on Life as Trump Signs Omnibus Bill
Following the passage of the Omnibus Appropriations Act in the House of Representatives on Thursday and in the Senate on
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Processing Time for EB-5 Regional Center Applications Now 27 Months, All-Time High
Fresh data from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) show average processing times for EB-5 regional center applications
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As EB-5 Gets Short-Term Extension, IIUSA Warns Against Marketing Reform as Certainty
Congress Thursday passed a last-minute “Continuing Resolution” to extend government funding and federal programs – of which the EB-5 Regional
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