EB-5 News & Updates #121 April 11-18

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Why is EB-5 relevant to a foreign student in an American college?
Webinar Outline: What is EB-5 and why is it relevant to a foreign student in an American college? Why is EB-5 a better choice than trying to obtain an H-1B or E-2 visa? How can a student obtain necessary funds for the required EB-5...
U.S visa experts to meet Nigerian investors for green card opportunities
A team of experts in United States (U.S) visa for investors will be in Nigeria to meet investors wishing to migrate to the U.S through green card. The experts will address intending migrants at a seminar organised by Brandleys...

Updates

Firms Updates
JDS sells Far Rockaway beachfront complex for $33M
Treetop Development picked up Michael Stern's Saltmeadow project in Queens Michael Stern is cashing out on a sprawling complex of luxury properties in Far Rockaway, and he found a buyer with ambitious plans for the seaside community. For a price...
EB-5 Capital Redeployment: Top 10 Considerations for Investors When a Project Announces Redeployment
In a June 14, 2017 policy alert, USCIS updated its Policy Manual to provide further guidance regarding capital at risk requirements. Pursuant to the most recent Volume 6 of the Policy Manual, USCIS has confirmed and clarified that an EB-5...
No Consensus On Harm To EB-5 Program Posed By Revised Regulation
The U.S. Office of Management and Budget is on the verge of revising regulations governing the EB-5 visa program. The proposal would raise the minimum required investment and shift responsibility for designating areas as eligible for...
CN Global Partner and the new BMO Bank Tower EB-5 Milwaukee
The First Pathway Partners BMO EB-5 project is now over 30% complete. BMO Harris Bank and a host of other tenants, will eventually rise 328 feet at 25-stories. CN looks forward to its continued marketing efforts in Seoul Korea. Korean market is...
EB-5 Webinar for College Students Presented to The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania students April 3rd, 2019
In this presentation, we will cover the following main topics: First, we will talk about what EB-5 is, and why is it relevant to a foreign student in an American college. We will then touch upon the reason why EB-5 might be a better choice for...
May 2019 Visa Bulletin Updates
The Department of State May 2019 Visa Bulletin shows movement in employment-based categories. The EB-1 category will advance one month in all countries, moving up the cutoff date to March 1, 2018, except China and India, whose dates remain...
New Bill Introduced to Use Economic Abilities of EB-5 to Assist Disaster Recovery in Declared National Disaster Areas
On April 9, 2019, Rep. González-Colón (R-PR-At Large) introduced H.R.2173 – a bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reserve EB-5 visas each fiscal year for investors in new commercial enterprises in areas where a major disaster has...
Project Updates
The Hidden Horror of Hudson Yards Is How It Was Financed
Hudson Yards is the $25 billion mega-project critics love to hate.  Manhattan’s new luxury mega-project was partially bankrolled by...
How funding for distressed urban areas ended up in New York's Hudson Yards
Hudson Yards.  There are lots of reasons not to like Hudson Yards, the vast new city-within-a-city on the west side of...
New York's $25 billion Hudson Yards development claimed funding from a year's worth of immigrant visas — here's why it was legal
Related-Oxford New York City's $25 billion Hudson Yards project is the largest real-estate development in US history. The...
Early Arrival: Hudson Yards Funded Through Questionable Visa Practices
The much-maligned Hudson Yards real estate project was financed through the EB-5 visa program, which offers foreigners green...
The Financing of Hudson Yards Is Worse Than Its Architecture
The Vessel seen looming in the foreground of the Shed and it’s attached luxury skyscraper  A Citylab report claims that Hudson...
Giving Hudson Yards $1.2B Earmarked For Poor Areas An 'Insult'
Public Advocate Jumanee Williams said Tuesday that Hudson Yards was "built on the backs" of needy New Yorkers.   New York City...
Another Reason to Hate Hudson Yards
Hudson Yards, on Manhattan's West Side. The billion-dollar luxury real estate project in Manhattan is exploiting a cash-for-visas...
Regional Center Updates
Investor attorney takes on state, twice, in EB-5 cases before Vermont Supreme Court
Attorney Russell Barr argues before the Vermont Supreme Court on two EB-5 related cases. Jay Peak investors should be allowed to sue the state and officials responsible for running the Vermont EB-5 Regional Center for permitting fraud to occur...

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