August 25, 2022
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has agreed to rescind recent reforms to the EB-5 visa program to resolve allegations by regional centers that the changes misinterpreted congressional intent, according to a proposed settlement filed in California federal court Thursday.
August 19, 2022
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services told a California federal court it was following Congress' intent to reform the EB-5 visa program when it told regional centers managing money from foreign investors seeking a green card that they need to be reauthorized to stay in business.
August 12, 2022
With lawsuits ranging from Marriott's data-breach multidistrict litigation and a Virgin Hotels owner-manager dispute to cases contesting U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' mandate that all EB-5 regional centers must be reauthorized, hospitality litigation underway at midyear 2022 shows just how varied and complex the sector's legal issues can be.
July 22, 2022
Immigrant investment center operators and an industry group told a California federal court that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' mandate that all EB-5 regional centers must be reauthorized misunderstood Congress' intent when it reformed the EB-5 system earlier this year.
June 27, 2022
A California federal judge has ordered the federal government to allow previously licensed EB-5 regional centers to continue operating while one of the immigrant investment centers challenges an agency mandate to seek reauthorization after March legislation revamped the program.
June 22, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice says it would be disruptive to allow a trade group for the EB-5 program to join a lawsuit that seeks to force U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to reverse changes to a rule allowing foreign investors to trade cash for a green card.
April 29, 2022
Participants in the EB-5 investor visa program are looking for answers after U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services earlier this month made an abrupt announcement that a critical part of the program had to be reauthorized, yet many are hoping a lawsuit in California will quickly provide clarity.
April 25, 2022
An EB-5 regional center filed suit against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, challenging agency guidance directing previously licensed immigrant investment programs to reapply for authorization after March legislation restarted the lapsed program.