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  • Demand Data Used in the Determination of Employment Preference Cut-Off Dates
    9 Apr 2013 - 01:30

    Each month, the Visa Office subdivides the annual preference and foreign state limitations specified by the INA into monthly allotments based on totals of documentarily qualified immigrant visa applicants reported at consular posts and CIS Offices, grouped by foreign state chargeability, preference category, and...

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  • USCIS Releases Guidance Memo On EB-5 Cases Involving Tenant-Occupancy
    1 Jan 2013 - 04:02

    USCIS releases guidance memo on EB-5 cases involving Tenant-Occupancy.

    Please check the attached guidance memo for detail information. 

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  • USCIS Creates Controversy Over Tenant-Occupancy Economic Model
    29 Oct 2012 - 05:25

     

    USCIS created a new controversy in the EB-5 immigrant investor world when it released a memorandum on February 17, 2012, concerning what it calls the “tenant-occupancy” economic methodology. On May 8, 2012, USCIS provided guidance on what deference it would give prior EB-5 adjudications that involved tenant-occupancy issues:

    Please click here for the Guidance 

     

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  • USCIS Program Extension Alert
    9 Oct 2012 - 12:30

     U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) advises the public that Public Law 112-176, signed by the President on Sept. 28, 2012, extends the following USCIS programs until Sept. 30, 2015:

    • E-Verify
    • Immigrant Investor (EB-5) Pilot Program
    • Special immigrant visa category for non-minister special immigrant religious workers
    • The date by which J-1 nonimmigrant exchan...
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  • USCIS Releases Questions and Answers on EB-5 Economic Methodologies
    5 Jul 2012 - 02:04

    On June 22, 2012, USCIS hosted a public engagement featuring two economists who work on the EB-5 Immigrant Investor program. Following that engagement, some stakeholders sought clarification as to certain points raised by the economists. USCIS is now pleased to provide clarification as to two of the primary questions raised.

    EB-5 Projects Involving Hotel or Resort Development

    Q: When an EB-5 project involves the development of a hotel or resort, when is it economically reasonable to input projected funds spent by visitors into economic models to project indirect and induced job creation resulting from the spending of these potential hotel occupants (e.g. on rental cars, dining, etc.)?...

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