The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on Monday, January 30th 2023 that they have redesigned the Green Card and the Employment Authorization Document (EAD card) to maintain top security standards for the cards. USCIS will begin issuing the redesigned cards on January 30th, 2023. The new Green […]
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On Friday January 27th, 2023, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published its FY 2023-2026 Strategic Plan, highlighting the agency’s three main goals including (1) Strengthen the U.S. Legal Immigration System, (2) Invest in the workforce, and (3) Promote Effective and Efficient Management and Stewardship. MESSAGE FROM USCIS […]
Congratulations to our investors and their families on receiving their EAD cards recently after just 3 months of filing! The EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 (“RIA”) offers great benefits to investors and their families, including concurrent filing. Concurrent filing allows investors who are already in the U.S. under […]
The Department of States has posted the February 2023 Visa Bulletin. The Employment Base Fifth visa categories are as below: Chart A: Chart B: Both charts remain the same as the January 2023 Visa Bulletin. Investors come from countries that are retrogressed (China and India) should take advantage of the […]
On Wednesday, January 11th, USCIS held a virtual listening session to address some frequently asked questions about their Proposed Rule to Adjust Certain Immigration Fees. Following the listening session, the agency has also published all FAQs and answers to their website. You can access the full FAQs here: https://www.uscis.gov/proposed-fee-rule-frequently-asked-questions SUMMARY […]
On January 4th, USCIS published form I-956K (“Registration for Direct and Third-Party Promoters”). Under the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 (EB-5 RIA 2022), all direct and third-party promoters are required to register with USCIS. Each person acting as a direct or third-promoter (including migration agents) of the following […]
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) posted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking today to adjust certain immigration and naturalization benefit request fees. The proposed fee increase follows USCIS’ comprehensive fee reviews which determines that the current fee is insufficient to cover the agency’s operating expenses. Please see below […]
In this article: December 29th is no longer the deadline to file I-956 & I-956G ARCFE has received I-956 approval from USCIS New I-485 form for adjustment of status DECEMBER 29TH IS NO LONGER THE DEADLINE TO FILE I-956 & I-956G On December 23rd, 2022, the United States Citizenship and […]
ARCFE IS REDESIGNATED BY USCIS UNDER RIA 2022 ARCFE was previously designated by USCIS in 2013 under the old EB-5 law through receiving the I-924 approval. This form is now archived and is replaced by form I-956 after the program was reauthorized earlier this year. Under the EB-5 Reforms and […]
The Department of States has posted the January 2023 Visa Bulletin. The Employment Base Fifth visa categories are as below: Chart A: Chart B: Both charts remain the same as the December 2022 Visa Bulletin. Investors come from countries that are retrogressed (China and India) should take advantage of the […]