Reported US Citizenship Renunciations in 2022 Exceed Last Year’s Total Already After 3rd Quarter
As US consular missions resume granting appointments to those unable to expatriate during the COVID years, expatriations are rising again.
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E2 Visa Approvals Rebound Unevenly After Pandemic: Japanese Now Account for Half of Applicants
While E2 visa appointments are available within days at the US Embassy in, for example, Tokyo, those applying in Paris face a 7-month wait.
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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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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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Behring Co. Fires Opening Salvo in Coming Barrage of Suits Against US Govt. Over Regional Center Program Closure
The more than 40,000 EB-5 investors left in the lurch by the closure of the Regional Center Program are not going down without a fight.
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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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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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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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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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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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Why There’s Still Opposition to EB-5 Reauthorization That Addresses Integrity and Reform
Aaron L. Grau, Executive Director of IIUSA, asks why “opposition continues to mysteriously fester” regarding EB-5 program reform.
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US State Dept. Human Rights Report Flags Five CIPs for Transparency Concerns
The report noted shortcomings in transparency (and the potential or actualized corruption that such opacity engenders) among five CIPs.
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EB-5 Community on Edge As Bill That Would Do Away With Per-Country Limits Also Passes Senate
If passed, the bill would see EB-5 wait times for applicants filing today equalized to more than eight years, regardless of country of origin.
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Record Numbers of Americans Renouncing Citizenships Has Nothing to Do With The Pandemic
Media reports this month say the pandemic is driving record expatriation. The reality, writes David Lesperance, is exactly the opposite.
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The Pandemic’s Five Silver Linings for the EB-5 Program
Available EB-5 visas in 2021 will most likely be much higher than it has ever been in the past, writes Marko Issever.
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Expert Analysis: What Does Trump’s Suspension of L-Visas Imply for The E2 Program?
Will Trump’s freeze on L-visas sway demand for E-2? We put the question to US immigration attorneys Matthew Galati and Angie Rupert.
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US EB-5 Update: I-829 Petitions Up 27% on Year in Q1, Approval Rate 99%
It’s the second time in EB-5 history that the number of I-829 filings exceeds 1,000 petitions within a single quarter.
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Every Question You Could Possibly Have About the Grenada/E2 Solution – Answered
In this panel, we’ve brought together representatives from each step on the way to a new citizenship in Grenada and a residency permit in the United States:
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Sen. Graham Denies Plans to Include EB-5 Expansion in Corona Rescue Bill
The proposal, allegedly, would see the annual quota on EB-5 visas amplified to 75,000, as well as a halving of the investment requirement to US$450,000.
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