Eb-5 regional center program list

Congress wanted to re-authorize and the program could have been reauthorized in time to avoid discontinuation of the program. I do not see any point in blaming government for the stalemate. They will do what is legally decided.

Regional Centers can certainly offer relief, if they agree to give away their opposition and look at the big picture of the consequences for investors, in case petitions get denied. Time already has been lost.

Needless to say, regional centers have brought things to a critical junction. However, the lack of knowledge on litigation is quiet intentional. And thats because from the perspective of investors, it would be like fighting a losing battle.

In the case of denial of pending petitions, litigation against USCIS or government as some are calling it here, does not seem to be the right step. I too share the frustration against regional centers for their absolutely ignorance towards the safety of investors and their money.

Why did we even go through so many discontinuations? We lose money whenever there is a stalemate. I am already gearing up to sue my regional center in case they do not refund back my money, incase our Is get denied. And I am not going to fall for their trap to vent out my frustration against the government, let alone suing the government. What about pending I and I applications for approved I cases that were filed prior to program expiring? Has anyone got those adjudicated after the expiration?

Initially they did not, but they started doing it I think around October or maybe a little earlier. But now situation is more complicated. This is because they adjudicated combo cards before Dec 31st, timeline for re-authorization. Since that timeline has passed and there is no movement on EB-5 at the hill, I do not know if they are continuing to process combo cards in the New Year. But really it does not matter. We at risk of losing even approved combo cards as there has been no movement at the hill on re-authorization.

We cannot refund that. If large number of I petitions have been filled then certainly it will increase the time USCIS likely to take to grant conditional green card to the investors. Thank you for this information Suzanne. Please please join AIIA. Spread the word and bring more investors to form the alliance of AIIA. We need each other to jointly fend for our future. Reply Jose says: January 13, at pm Open to the public webinar?

We were not accepted because we had not donated. You should be able to register. Hear out the options. Silent protest at Capitol to bring attention. Lets add to the group created by Mr Das. Flood of messages or a long worded essay here does not help. Simply shows the anger and frustration we have accumulated. Lets channelize this anger into something formative. Suzanne Do you have any news that Chuck Schumer will host an Eb5 meeting this week and consider attaching it to Omnibus in February ?

Is there any possibility of success in this Omnibus way? First and foremost, thank you for being the only genuine blog in EB5 world and allowing us the opportunities to make the world aware through your blog. Senators Grassley and Leahy are somewhat wild cards, since their EB-5 activity is motivated by their own views and legacy in EB-5 rather than the interests of particular EB-5 constituents.

Theoretically, their support would depend on how they understand grandfathering working with their reform efforts. For stop-gap grandfathering to have any hope, RCs would have to recognize their self-interest in such an interim solution, such that they want to support it. I tried to highlight a few self-interest points in my post, and a few RCs are already on board, but this needs much more work.

Alright folks. I mainly read and never participated in comments. Quite a lot of anger already against regional centers. Justified though. So in hindsight and after reading all comments in this and previous blog, pretty sure AIIA is the only forum where we can know the truth and have information on what really is going on.

Quite cruel to leave investors in uncertainty. This is when we invested so much money. Imagine all the work to save that much, bring it to US and then…getting stuck in a situation where you are at risk of losing everything. Its just cruel. I have a question: what if appropriations committee actually comes to an agreement and passed the budget on 18 Feb no more CR ; a would it be easy to attached FIFPA onto that?

B what would the implications be on reauthorisation after that seen as though there is no agreement yet on reauthorisation? We gave them our money. So all this while, these regional centers were even opposed to the idea of FIFPA as an interim benefit? I cannot believe this.

Me and my family have to go through these torturous hours of unrest just because these regional centers need to be convinced to allow FIFPA as an interim benefit. Time wasted. Health deteriorated. And investment in serious jeopardy. I will never forget this pain … and those who brought it on us and our families. Lobbying is the only way grandfathering gets done.

The situation we find ourselves in as investors is nothing short of farcical and reflects very poorly on the U. I plan to attend the AIIA webinar and donate to their organization as they seem to really understand the plight of investors and approach the issues with common sense.

And thank you Suzanne for your wonderful work. I would like to know how we can find best attorneys to sue these regional centers if our petitions get denied. My understanding from my civil attorney is as long as regional centers are creating hinderance in bringing the processing of I back, then they can be taken to court.

I want my funds back from these crooks and have them compensate for posing serious harm to my money and well being. I will make these crooks pay for threatening to destroy our investment.

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Notify me of new posts via email. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Sadly, there are strong differences of opinion among members of Congress whether the Program should return, and strong differences of opinion among stakeholders about in what form it should return. I personally think there will not be consensus, and as a result, there will not be a new Program this February. A silver lining is that there is strong support for a special law that would help all investors and family members who made an investment before the expiration of the Program.

There is at least one group that is working to submit a bill in Congress that would do this. Some would argue that those investors who decided to invest under the Program knew the risk that it may not be extended. While that is true, to offer an immigrant investment visa program designed to attract billions of dollars of investment into the U. The U. I am of the opinion that sometime soon in such a bill will be passed into law, so if you are an investor waiting, hopefully the wait will not be much longer.

As of the new calendar year , USCIS now states it is reevaluating this hold and will soon provide additional guidance. Congress may also reauthorize the program in its FY appropriations bill, or it may choose not to reauthorize the program. Wolf et al. On June 22, , the U. As a result, as of that date, th e regulations that were in place before November 19, , apply.

The motion was granted by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The agency may choose to issue a new regulation but has not yet done so.

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