by Rahbaran Associates | Apr 23, 2020 | event
We would like to inform you that on April 22nd, 2020, President Trump signed the Proclamation Suspending Entry of Immigrants Who Present Risk to the U.S. Labor Market During the Economic Recovery Following the COVID-19 Outbreak. What Does This Suspension of Entry of...
by Rahbaran Associates | Apr 14, 2020 | eb5, eb5, eb5, eb5
Under the Stimulus bill, single Americans would receive $1,200, married couples would get $2,400, and parents would see $500 for each child under age 17. Green Card holders should be eligible to receive stimulus payments if they previously filed tax returns in the...
by Rahbaran Associates | Apr 8, 2020 | eb5, eb5, eb5, eb5
What is the visa availability approach? It’s a change to how I-526 petitions will be prioritized for adjudication. At Rahbaran & Associates, we’ve created a blog separately for this topic here. Prior to the new visa availability approach, I-526 petitions...
by Rahbaran Associates | Mar 31, 2020 | eb5, eb5, eb5, eb5
The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program will endure another change from USCIS since the adjudication process for I-526 Petitions will change from a first-in-first-out adjudication basis to a process that will prioritize petition adjudication where visas are available or...
by Rahbaran Associates | Mar 24, 2020 | event
As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the globe and the United States, the American government has announced sweeping changes made to the country’s immigration procedures. These have significantly altered daily operations, and have unfortunately disrupted the...
by Rahbaran Associates | Nov 30, 2019 | eb5, eb5, eb5, eb5
Significant Changes To The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Official As Of November 21, 2019 The final rule proposed an increase in the minimum investment threshold from $1,000,000 to $1,800,000. This is the first and only increase the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program...
by Rahbaran Associates | Aug 14, 2019 | eb5, eb5, eb5, eb5
The remaining months of 2019 could turn out to be rather chaotic for foreign investors and developers in the United States as they work to deal with the new changes that have been announced to the EB-5 Immigration Visa Program. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security...
by Rahbaran Associates | Aug 1, 2019 | eb5, eb5, eb5, eb5
Many regional centers have considered the nation of India to be the new frontier when it comes to the EB-5 program. However, this label of the ‘new frontier’ was not met so warmly by the Indian community, at least not at first. Fortunately, upgrades that were made to...
by Rahbaran Associates | Jul 29, 2019 | eb5, eb5, eb5, eb5
With the publication of the modernization rule for the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program, changes to the program are imminent. Here we present you a summary of the proposed changes: On July 23, 2019, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)...
by Rahbaran Associates | Jul 19, 2019 | eb5, eb5, eb5, eb5
A common question that many people have is whether real estate or stocks are a superior investment. There really is no clear cut answer here, because there are advantages and risks to each one. Nonetheless, there aren’t really any stocks that could give you the same...
by Rahbaran Associates | Jul 15, 2019 | eb5, eb5, eb5, eb5
The current framework of the EB-5 requires that a foreign investor makes an investment into an EB-5 program. This investment is specifically called an ‘equity investment,’ and investing with a loan into a project is not allowed, even if there is a guarantee of...
