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EB-5 Investors Magazine has selected U.S. Senior Associate Matthew Galati as one of the industry's Top 5 Rising Stars for 2017. The prestigious award recognizes Galati's ever-growing reputation in the EB-5 realm. Galati is a regular contributor to the magazine which specializes in providing information to investors and industry stakeholders.

Here is what we know so far about how this past weekend's federal government "shutdown" will affect immigration adjudications and other related matters.

On November 12, 2021, the US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) issued new policies conferring the benefit of automatic extension of employment authorization for certain H-4, E, and L nonimmigrant dependent spouses.

USCIS has ostensibly enacted a new policy with profound consequences for EB-5 investors from countries such as China and Vietnam facing currency restrictions by issuing RFEs on currency swaps.

On August 1, 2018, the Knowledgeable Innovators and Worthy Investors Act, or the KIWI Act, having already passed both the US House of Representatives and the Senate, was signed by the president and became law.

Among the multiple executive actions the White House announced on June 18, 2024, was one stating it was taking steps to facilitate the process for certain Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)...

What will Congress do with the soon to expire EB-5 regional center program?

In remarks before the IIUSA Industry Forum held this week, U.S. Department of State Immigrant Visa Control and Reporting Division Chief Charlie Oppenheim made a surprising prediction following a surge in EB-5 immigrant visa demand from Vietnamese investors this new fiscal year.

The extension of the reauthorization for the EB-5 Investor Visa Program may lapse on September 30, 2016. Whether lawmakers will invest time in EB-5 this coming month is an open question.

There is speculation on the Hill that lawmakers will not take on reforming or improving the EB-5 Program until January 2016.

As we expected when news of the case recently broke, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) obtained a court order freezing Zhong's assets as well as those of her company EB-5 Asset Manager LLC.

In 2012, we wrote about the risky business of immigration lawyers accepting finder's fees for selling limited partnership interests in EB-5 deals.

On June 8, author David Bier of the Cato Institute published a sobering analysis of the employment-based Green Card backlogs for India-born beneficiaries:

The EB-5 Visa Program has become an increasingly popular vehicle for real estate project financing in the United States.

Determining options after an EB-5 loan is to be repaid has been one of the most vexing points of advising clients in how to utilize immigrant capital in a matter that satisfies the "at risk" requirement.

DHS's Fall 2017 regulatory agenda proposed "comprehensive reform" to practical training programs, which allow foreign students to obtain paid work after graduation

Immigration attorneys Kate Kalmykov and Jennifer Hermansky examine the critical September 30 grandfathering deadline for EB-5 regional center investors, explaining what protections it offers and what risks remain even after filing. They also analyze recent favorable Administrative Appeals Office decisions on partial investment cases and discuss USCIS's newly released Notice of Proposed Rulemaking implementing the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act.