Mark A Ivener, A Law Corporation

Category: EB-5


EB-5 Quarterly Stakeholder Meeting Announced

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Office of Public Engagement and Service Center Operations Directorate issued a public invitation (PDF) for participants in the upcoming “stakeholder engagement” to discuss the EB-5 immigrant investor program. The next engagement will take place via teleconference on June 30, 2011, at 1 p.m. (Eastern Time), and the deadline to submit… Read More

USCIS Proposes Changes in Fees, Large New Fee for EB-5 Regional Center Applications

A new proposed fee rule would increase the average application and petition fees by a “weighted average” of approximately 10 percent, and would establish a hefty new fee of $6,230 for an application for regional center designation under the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Pilot Program.

Congress Poised to Extend Four Immigration Programs for Three Years

House and Senate conferees completed their negotiations on the final version of the fiscal year 2010 Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill (H.R. 2892) on October 7, 2009. The final conference report includes a three-year extension for four immigration programs: the E-Verify program; the EB-5 immigrant investor regional center program; certain EB-4 religious workers; and… Read More

USCIS Explains “Full-Time,” Discusses Job Creation Timing in EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently issued a guidance memorandum (PDF) providing USCIS adjudication officers with instructions related to the timing of job creation and the meaning of “full-time” positions in the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program. The memo clarifies that for purposes of the Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur (Form I-526) adjudication and job… Read More

E-Verify, EB-5, Religious Worker and Conrad 30 Programs Extended to September 30

Congress recently extended until September 30, 2009, four immigration programs: E-Verify, the EB-5 immigrant investor pilot program, the religious workers program and the Conrad State 30 program. The first two provisions were extended as part of the 2009 Omnibus Appropriations law in early March; the other two provisions were extended in a separate bill (H.R.… Read More