EB-5 News & Updates #135 July 18-25
Posts
 | Chinese are big customers for schemes selling foreign residency | |
| Tang Shougang is one of a generation of young Chinese who seem to have it all. Aged just 35, Mr. Tang (not his real name) has a well-paid job for a tech firm, and his wife owns a successful shop. They have two young sons, two cars... | ||
 | Chinese investment in US homes contracts by the most in nearly 10 years as trade war, capital controls bite | |
| A prospective buyer browses property listings in New York. Chinese buyers pulled away from the US residential market in the past year, as the trade war and tighter capital controls led to a 56 percent decline in investment – the... | ||
 | US Moves to Increase EB-5 Visa Fee | |
| Nigerian investors have been advised to take right and swift decision, as the United States of America (USA), is prepared to hike its Employment -Based Fifth Preference Category 1, EB-5 Visa Fee by 270 per cent. The Chief Executive... | ||
 | Five Very Important Questions To Ask When Investing In An American Visa | |
| It’s no secret that more and more South Africans are emigrating these days. You only need to look at the jarring Carte Blanche segment, which compared living in South Africa to having a luxury suite on the Titanic, for... | ||
 | Did you know? Minimum Investments going up, Targeted Employment Area Designations being redefined | |
| Did you know? Minimum Investments going up, Targeted Employment Area Designations being redefined In this blog, we would like to report a long-awaited ruling that will be published tomorrow July 24th and will go in effect on... | ||
 | Biliyor muydunuz? Asgari Yatırımlar artıyor, Hedeflenen İstihdam Alanı (HIA) Belirlemeleri yeniden tanımlanıyor | |
| Biliyor muydunuz? Asgari Yatırımlar artıyor, Hedeflenen İstihdam Alanı (HIA) Belirlemeleri yeniden tanımlanıyor Bu haberde, 24 Temmuz’da yayınlanacak ve 21 Kasım 2019’da yürürlüğe girecek olan uzun zamandır beklenen bir kararı... | ||
 | What's Ahead For The Fraud-Tainted U.S. EB-5 Visa Program? | |
| The fraud-tainted U.S. EB-5 visa program is set to expire at the end of next month. For all of its faults, it has allowed thousands of Chinese to gain U.S. permanent residency. What's ahead? To learn more, I recently exchanged with... | ||
 | Changes to U.S.’s EB-5 Program Could Shift Money to Rural Areas | |
| The program gives visas in exchange for investments in job-creating projects Projects that have received financing through EB-5 include Hudson Yards on Manhattan's West Side The next four months could be hectic for developers and... | ||
Updates
User Updates | ||
 | Sen. Chuck Grassley Denounces ‘EB-5’ Giveaway to China Hidden in India Outsourcing Bill | |
| Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley is throwing a flag on the stealth push by technology investors to expand the unregulated U.S.-India outsourcing economy. The business-backed bill to expand the binational outsourcing economy, titled HR.1044,... | ||
 | New Rule Raises U.S. Immigrant Investor Requirement To $ 900,000 | |
| Acting Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Ken Cuccinelli announced a new rule dealing with the EB-5 investor immigration program increasing the minimum investments required and introducing other changes. The U.S.... | ||
 | Foreign investors seeking green cards to pay far more under new EB-5 visa rule | |
| Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa chairs a meeting of the committee, Friday, Sept. 28, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. A U.S. visa that awards green cards to foreign investors will require a much larger... | ||
Regional Center Updates | ||
 | Lam Group Grabs $68M Refi on FiDi Hotel | |
| A Lower Manhattan hotel has locked in a $67.5 million refinancing from Investors Bank, New York City property records show. In a deal that closed earlier this week, Lam Group, led by investor John Lam, refinanced the outstanding... | ||
Project Updates | ||
 | Lightstone Lands $70M in EB-5 Funding for Manhattan Hotel | |
| On track for a September opening, the property is the third Moxy-brand hotel in Manhattan developed by Lightstone in partnership with... | ||
 | Federal Appeals Court Rejects Fraud Suit Against Green Car Company | |
| Chinese investors lose bid to recover millions poured into failed electric car company after Fourth Circuit US Court of Appeals ruling.... | ||
Firms Updates | ||
 | 20 Kenyans Express Interest in $500,000 US EB-5 Visa | |
| At least 20 Kenyans are in the process of acquiring US Employment-Based Visa, popularly known as EB-5 Visa, US-based private equity company has divulged. Atlantic American Partners through its Managing Director Daniel Ryan said it received... | ||
 | New Rulemaking Brings Significant Changes to EB-5 Program | |
| U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will publish a final rule on July 24 that makes a number of significant changes to its EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program, marking the first significant revision of the program’s... | ||
 | Big changes are coming to the EB-5 program | |
| President Donald Trump Regulations raise minimum investments for most NYC projects from $500K to $900K; limit gerrymandering The Trump administration released new rules governing the EB-5 cash-for-visas program. And many in the real estate... | ||
 | A Look at the More Stringent EB-5 Foreign Investment Visa Rules | |
| Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr partner Ronald Fieldstone in Miami and associate Rohit Kapuria in Chicago. Foreign investors will have to put in a minimum of $900,000, up from the previous $500,000 base, starting Nov. 21. The Trump... | ||
Events
 | Live! Panel on New Rulemaking Changes to EB-5 Texas, Dallas, US July 25, 2019 3 pm EST U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will publish a final rule on July 24 that makes a number of significant changes to its EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program, marking the first significant revision of the program’s regulations since 199... | Free |
 | Introducing Hall Arts II EB-5 Project Florida, Miami, US July 25 1:30 pm EST HALL Arts Residences from Hall Group on Vimeo. Register Here Now Call for Questions - +1-609-375-8209 Project Description Located in Dallas, HALL Arts Residences and Hotel is the second of a three-phase, mixed-use development led by HA... | Free |
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