WR Immigration Director of Visa Consulting Charlie Oppenheim and Joey Barnett provide unique insights on the October EB-5 investor visa outlook. The team also covers the latest updates on the September Visa Bulletin. Watch below!
Chatting with Charlie Webinar: October EB-5 Investor Visa Outlook
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Chatting with Charlie Webinar: Unpacking August Visa Bulletins
Our Chatting with Charlie series returns with WR Immigration Director of Visa Consulting Charlie Oppenheim, Managing Partner Bernie Wolfsdorf, and Senior Attorney Laura Bloniarz. Watch below as they give the latest rundown of the recent Visa Bulletins, providing insights to the immigration industry!
Ten Things to Know About Communist Party Membership Inadmissibility
By: Bernard Wolfsdorf and Joseph Barnett Communist party membership issues are becoming more common in visa cases. Our firm has seen an increase in scrutiny by U.S. consulates on this issue. It is important to focus on this issue with China as #1, and Vietnam as #2, in the number of EB-5 immigrant visas issued and adjustment of status applications approved in Fiscal Year 2017. Immigration attorneys, Regional Centers, migration agencies, and intending immigrants must understand the rules, exceptions, and waivers to this ground of inadmissibility. Here are 10 things to know about this topic: The Immigration and Nationality Act. Individuals who are inadmissible are not permitted by law to enter or remain in the United States. The Immigration and Nationality Act sets forth grounds for inadmissibility in Section 212. One of grounds, found at INA Section 212(a)(3)(D), is “membership in a totalitarian party,” which states: “Any immigrant who is or has been a member of or affiliated with the Communist or any other totalitarian party (or subdivision or affiliate thereof), domestic or foreign, is inadmissible.” Definition of “Affiliate”. The term affiliate, as used in INA Section 212(a)(3)(D), means “an organization related to, or identified with, a proscribed party or association, including any section, subsidiary, […]
