By: Simon Butler and Aaron Muller Rumor says yes, but EB-5 immigration-law experts David Hirson and Mona Shah, in town to officially launch their new venture, Gravitas Strategies & Compliance, at the November 19 EB-5 Investors Magazine event, definitely did not see a diminishing interest in the program! Mumbai November…

By: Aaron Muller Bankruptcy, in the public sentiment, is often considered a fatalistic, last-resort inevitability for a failing business. The looming possibility of bankruptcy can be even more daunting for businesses created with EB-5 capital, given that there is so much riding on the success of the enterprise, both in…

EB-5 investors who have obtained their conditional green card are often unable or unwilling to immediately relocate to the United States. …

Since the passage of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 (RIA), there has been substantial commotion over how existing regional centers are regarded under the new guidance. …

BY: Mona Shah, Esq & Rebecca S. Singh, Esq. Today, the U.S. Department of State released the Visa Bulletin for October 2022, which has put EB-5 Indian nationals into a visa backlog for the second time. In other words, there are more Indian EB-5 applicants than visas available under the…

BY: Mona Shah, Shaun Chaudhry, and Sarah Salarano The EB-5 program is fully back in business as yet another positive EB-5 event, post-RIA 2022 is effectuated. A settlement agreement was filed between the US Department of Homeland Security/USCIS and Behring Regional Center LLC, led by EB-5 regional centers and Invest…

BY: David Hirson, Esq. and Mona Shah, Esq. “The agency is enjoined from treating the existing regional centers as deauthorized while this litigation is pending (or until the agency engages in a reasoned decision-making process regarding how to treat these centers under the Integrity Act).” United States District Judge Vince…

By Mona Shah, Sarah Salarano, and Shaun Chaudhry As EB-5 investment immigration attorneys, we strive to maintain a moral responsibility to those of undeserving circumstance. Although our principal focus is business and investment-based immigration matters, maintaining an awareness of global affairs is essential. Yet it is not always articles relating…

BY: Sarah Salarano Today, Federal Judge Vince Chhabria heard arguments from USCIS and Behring Regional Center regarding the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 (“RIA”). USCIS claims that RIA requires every Regional Center (“RC”) to undergo a new recertification process — thus is withholding adjudication on any RC-petitions until…