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Help Us Support Immigrants with Medical Deferred Action
Recently, Martin Lawler has been working on the case of Isabel Bueso, a Guatemalan immigrant who came to the United States to receive treatment for a rare disease, but who may be forced to leave the country because of recent rule changes from USCIS. You can read more about Isabel here: https://people.com/politics/isabel-bueso-truth-real-story-2019-deportation-treatment/If...
Understanding the EB-5 Rule Changes: EB-5 Green Card Investment Amount Increased to $900,000
New EB-5 Rules Regarding TEAs The new EB-5 rules not only increase the minimum investment amount from $500,000 to $900,000 in a Targeted Employment Area (“TEA”) but also remove states from the process of designating TEAs. The new rules will require the following: USCIS, not the states, will determine TEAs No gerrymandering (irregularly shaped...
EB-5 Investment Amount Increase?
Last week, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) cleared USCIS regulations for publication to 1) increase the EB-5 investment amount from the current minimum of $500,000, and 2) change the Targeted Unemployment Area (“TEA”) rules. One immigration blogger predicts the new rule will be published within two weeks. If...
Social Media Questions Included on Visa Applications The Department of State (DOS) has added a new requirement for both people seeking temporary visas as well as new immigrants. Now the government Form DS-160 for a non-immigrant visa and Form DS-260 for an immigrant visa require the applicant to answer a question...
Indian EB-5 Quota Update
There are 10,000 EB-5 visas annually. No country can take more than 7% per fiscal year. The State Department (“DOS”) has announced that by July, the approximately 700 Indian EB-5 visas will be nearly exhausted for this fiscal year and the Visa Bulletin will have a cut-off date “sometime in...