Category: EB-5

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) Ombudsman’s Office has published the 2015 Annual Report. Highlights include: RFE issues. The Ombudsman’s Office reviews issues involving temporary nonimmigrant petitions (H-2A, H-2B, H-1B, L-1, and O-1), investor immigrant petitions (EB-5), other immigrant petitions, and employment authorization applications. The Annual Report states that the Ombudsman continues to be concerned… Read More

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will hold a second engagement (conference call) in the informational series “EB-5 Interactive” on Thursday, June 4, 2015, from 1 to 2:15 p.m. (ET). The topic of discussion will be expenses that are includable (or excludable) for purposes of estimating job creation. Economists from the Immigrant Investor Program will… Read More

Credit Suisse, a financial holding company, released a report saying that there are 128,200 ultra-high net worth (UHNW) individuals in the world. To be classified as an UHNW, a person’s net worth must exceed $50 million. According to the report, the number of UHNW individuals has increased by 98,700 from what it was a year… Read More

The Securities and Exchange Commission recently charged a Los Angeles, California-based immigration attorney, his wife, and his law firm partner with conducting an investment scheme to defraud foreign investors trying to come to the United States through the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program. The SEC alleges that Justin Moongyu Lee, Rebecca Taewon Lee, and Thomas Edward… Read More

The Securities and Exchange Commission recently charged a Los Angeles, California-based immigration attorney, his wife, and his law firm partner with conducting an investment scheme to defraud foreign investors trying to come to the United States through the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program. The SEC alleges that Justin Moongyu Lee, Rebecca Taewon Lee, and Thomas Edward… Read More