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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WR Immigration Director of Visa Consulting Charlie Oppenheim, Partners Charina Garcia and Joey Barnett, and Senior Attorney Laura Bloniarz came together for a combined Chatting with Charlie webinar to provide unique insights on green card application delays and options for relief. The team also covers the latest updates on the July Visa Bulletin.
Analyzing the Recent Trend of EB-5 Expedited Processing
This article was previously published in the Regional Center Business Journal. The full version of the journal can be viewed in its entirety here. By: Joseph Barnett Time is of the essence, especially in EB-5 petition and application processing. Despite the Immigrant Investor Program Office’s (“IPO’s”) increase in staff and the re-organization of its adjudication teams for more efficient processing in recent years, EB-5 adjudications remain undeservedly long. According to USCIS’ September 3, 2018 website screenshot, it takes an average of about 20-26 months for I-526 adjudications, and 19.5 – 25.5 months for I-924 adjudications. One potential way to speed up EB-5 adjudications is to request “expedited processing” by USCIS. Is Expedited Processing for Soon-To-Be Backlogged Countries Helpful? Expedited processing is of particular interest these days for Indian, and some South Korean, and possibly for Taiwan and Brazilian nationals looking to receive Form I-526 approvals before the U.S. Department of State (“DOS”) imposes a Final Action Date (i.e. a Visa Bulletin cutoff date), which DOS has informally projected will occur by the Summer of 2019. There is a possibility that, through expedited processing, an EB-5 beneficiary could slide through to immigrant visa processing before a Final Action Date falls in FY 2019. Individuals […]
