December 2019 Visa Bulletin Commentary
The December 2019 Visa Bulletin was released earlier today. Once again, nothing particularly noteworthy except that the employment-based categories for India continue to see no movement. Commentary: December[…]
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October 2019 Visa Bulletin Commentary
After a longer than usual wait, the October 2019 Visa Bulletin was just released today. It was a bit of a mixed bag, with certain categories experiencing significant advancement, returning[…]
September 2019 Visa Bulletin Commentary
The September 2019 Visa Bulletin was released last week, bringing further retrogression in many employment-based preference categories. Most significantly, EB1 India is currently unavailable, meaning that visas are not authorized[…]
USCIS to Publish Final Rule Revising EB-5 Regulations
Tomorrow, 7/24/2019, USCIS and DHS will publish the final rule revising EB-5 regulations. Among other changes, the most significant are that the minimum investment amount has been increased from $500k[…]
July 2019 Visa Bulletin Commentary
The July 2019 Visa Bulletin was just released. Two major developments that will occur for next month is that the F2A family-based preference category will become current for all countries[…]
November 2017 Visa Bulletin
The November 2017 Visa Bulletin was released this morning. Most notably, the potentially monthly movement was less than anticipated in the October 2017 visa bulletin. November 2017 For all countries[…]
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[…]
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[…]
PSB reports on EB5 Visa Program
The EB5 visa program is up for renewal on Friday December 11th. While it is a controversial area of immigration law, it unequivocally has brought economic development and job creation[…]
EB5 Program Extends and No Increase- For Now
Congress passed a temporary spending bill – a Continuing Resolution – that extends the EB-5 program until December 11, 2015. The Continuing Resolution extends the EB-5 program “as is” –[…]