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EB5 through Regional Centers Services and Fees

The fee schedule for EB5 through Regional Centers (fees are payable by personal or corporate checks) is as follows:

1. Legal Fees (for our Office):

$7,500 payable as follows for preparing I-526 Immigrant Petition: $5,000 at the commencement of the case and the rest $2500, to be paid on the 1st day of the month following the month in which the case is opened by the Law Offices.
For preparing I-485 Adjustment of Status: $3,000 for main applicant and $1,000 for each dependent.

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USCIS Issues Presentation On EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Stakeholder Meeting December 16, 2010

 

This presentation is intended to provide a guide for discussion at the stakeholders’ meeting and to explain current USCIS policy and practice. It is not intended to be an official statement of USCIS policy, and does not supersede any existing statutes, regulations, or policy memoranda.

B-2 (Visitors or Tourist) visa Extensions for an investor and for a parent

We have received two interesting  B-2 extensions.  It has been my view that under certain circumstances  B-2 can and should be permitted by USCIS to be used even where the applicant has an immigrant intent or is otherwise staying longer than usual in USA.  Apparently, USCIS agrees.

Nonimmigrant Visas

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USCIS Issues Guidance Memorandum on EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program

USCIS issued a guidance memorandum that provides 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 guidance memorandum update to the Adjudicator’s Field Manual (AFM), clarifies that for purposes of the Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur (Form I-526) adjudication and the job creation requirements, USCIS will consider the two-year period to begin six months after the adjudication of the Form I-526.

For details check the attachment.