EB5 New Proposed Rule Increases Investment to $1.3 million & $1.8 million
USCIS made a surprise announcement with a new proposed rule today for EB5s. As many of my readers will know, Congress has tried to make many changes and increase the[…]
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Tahmina on Bangladeshi Television News – More From Malaysia
Readers may recall I went to Malaysia recently. Here is some news coverage on Ekattor TV from the event. A huge thank you to Mr. Islam Mainul for sending me[…]
EB5 program extended without change until December 9, 2016
Yesterday, Congress passed a Continuing Resolution to keep the government funded. During that time, the EB5 program was extended without change until December 9, 2016. That means, if you hope[…]
New EB5 Bill Raises Minimum Investment
The EB5 pilot program is up for renewal on September 30th and a new bill was just published today. I will write more soon. But the immediate headline is that[…]
Tahmina in Bloomberg BNA on Entrepreneur Parole (Startup visa alternative)
(Copied from Bloomberg BNA) August 29, 2016 Draft Immigration Rule Would Ease Foreign Entrepreneurs’ Entry FREE TRIAL From Daily Labor Report Daily Labor Report® is the objective resource the nation’s[…]
International Entrepreneurs Rule (Obama’s Startup Visa Alternative)- Detailed Summary by Tahmina
Final International Entrepreneur rules were released on January 13th 2017. Here is my updated blog post. International Entrepreneurs Rule A Simplified Summary by Tahmina Watson On August 26, 2016, USCIS announced proposed new[…]
Breaking: Obama’s Startup Visa Alternative- Entrepreneur Parole Announced
This morning on August 26, 2016, The White House announced proposed new rules for International Entrepreneurs. The announcement was followed by a conference call from key White House personnel from[…]
Breaking News: Entrepreneurial Parole Rules Released
The below rules were published this morning. Stay tuned for more soon- Tahmina USCIS Proposes Rule to Welcome International Entrepreneurs Release Date: August 26, 2016 WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services[…]
EB5 Extended Without Change but H1b & L1 Not So Lucky
The budget deal in Congress yesterday included some immigration provisions. Some visa programs had deadlines so needed to be addressed. The EB5 regional center (‘pilot’)Program was set to expire but[…]
No EB5 visa law changes today
While many of us are holding are breaths on what changes will happen on the EB5 provisions- nothing of significance actually happened today. Today, the House passed a short-term funding[…]