News
Important SEC Rules on Regional Center Advertising The SEC, pursuant to the JOBS Act, recently issued final rules that will have an important impact on regional centers – advertising of EB-5 projects and enhanced “accredited investor” asset verification. Advertising The new rule allows a regional center project to engage in general solicitation of the...
Latest Developments
In the past few weeks, I have been to the IIUSA and American Immigration Lawyers Association conferences. Also, the Senate passed its comprehensive immigration reform bill with EB-5 reforms I previously discussed. The House started work on its own immigration bill. News reports say the House will only vote on...
USCIS Policy Memorandum
The following provides a deeper analysis of the USCIS May 30, 2013 policy memorandum on EB-5 adjudications. Regional center applications USCIS has clarified that there are two types of Form I-924 regional center filings: “Hypothetical” projects. These must contain general proposals and general predictions sufficient for USCIS to determine that the proposed regional center will...
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
Martin Lawler Speaking Martin Lawler is a popular speaker at business, law and university conferences, as well as in the media. Here is a list of Martin’s recent speaking engagements: L.A. County Bar Association EB-5 Conference (lead off speaker and on 3 panels) – March 2014 KAZA 1290 AM, San Jose Vietnamese Radio...
News Flash
News Flash – Washington DC – EB-5 Amendment The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has passed amendments to the EB-5 statute, which may become part of the comprehensive immigration reform bill (S.744) on which Congress is presently working. This is NOT law yet – just a proposed law. If it becomes law, the bill will...