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U.S. Practice Director Jonathan Grode recently had the honor of serving as moderator in a panel discussion titled "Legal Considerations for Global Startups" hosted by the Global Innovation Forum.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced yesterday a redesign to the Permanent Resident Card (also known as a Green Card) and the Employment Authorization Document (EAD) as part of the Next Generation Secure Identification Document Project.

The US EB-5 program offers permanent residence to investors making at-risk investments of $1 million in an enterprise or Regional Center, or $500,000 in approved Regional Centers. The success or failure of the Regional Center is the primary factor that determines the fate of the investor's EB-5 visa application. Due diligence should be a dynamic and ongoing process conducted as a fundamental and integral part of the investment project to ensure regulatory compliance.

Today both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate passed a Continuing Resolution that will leave the EB-5 Regional Center Program operational – and without changes to its provisions – through December 22.

The EB-5 Program continues to be a popular option for foreign investors wishing to immigrate with their families to the United States. But it might now be too popular for Chinese-born investors.

Since September 30, 2015 Congress has considered several immigration bills that would have completely overhauled the EB-5 program.

High university fees for international students in the US make the EB-5 investment visa a more viable option for parents who want an American university education for their children.

USCIS' sobering news further highlights the need for alternatives.

Under U.S. immigration law, temporary visas are considered to be ill-suited for entrepreneurs. Startups have been shown to be responsible for much of the net increase in employment in some recent years in USA.

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services ("USCIS") recently issued a new version of its Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification

Although the above-described incident is, in fact, fake, President Trump is in the process of issuing several Executive Orders pertaining to immigration.

A continuing resolution that would have funded the U.S. government and extend several immigration programs until February 16 has failed in the Senate.

U.S. Investors and Entrepreneurs Division manager Matthew Galati was featured in a recent Associated Press article, "Chinese spent $24B on U.S., other ‘golden visas.'"

The Green and Spiegel Investor Team submitted its comment on the proposed EB-5 Modernization Rule. For background, see our analysis of the proposed Rule here.

Immigration attorneys Kate Kalmykov and Jennifer Hermansky explore the writ of mandamus as a federal litigation remedy for compelling government action when U.S. immigration agencies unreasonably delay case adjudications. The discussion examines mandamus applications across various immigration contexts, from EB-5 investor petitions to employment authorization documents, while addressing the unique challenges posed by consular non-reviewability and post-COVID processing backlogs.

Last week, USCIS moved forward with an important procedural step in the regulatory rulemaking process by sending proposed EB-5 regulations to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

April 17, 2017- Shortly after New Year's Day we brought you news that the E-2 Visa is moving forward for Israeli nationals, with a projection that it would go "live" the first or second quarter of 2015.