September 30, 2022

Chinese and Indian EB-5 Investor Priority Dates Retrogress on the October Visa Bulletin; Vietnamese Remains Current

The U.S. Department of State (“DOS”) has published the October 2022 Visa Bulletin and the “Final Action Date” Priority Dates for Chinese and Indian EB-5 investors under the “5^thUnreserved” visa category has retrogressed (moved backward in time). What is the Priority Date?

Following the return of the Regional Center Program with the passage of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act in March 2022, Chinese born investors under the 5^th Unreserved visa category had a Priority Date set in mid-November and then mid-December 2015. The October Visa Bulletin establishes a Final Action Date for Chinese of March 15, 2015. Thus, we say that the Priority Date has “retrogressed” 9 months.

Indian-born EB-5 investors under the 5^th Unreserved visa category had been current (“C”) this year, but the October Visa Bulletin establishes a Priority Date of November 8, 2019.

The dates for all other EB-5 categories, including that for Vietnamese investors, remain current in October. Vietnamese investors should expect to see DOS establish a Priority Date for them in the Visa Bulletin sometime this year during fiscal year 2023 (October 1 to September 30, 2023).

Indian and Chinese investors who filed their Form I-526 Petitions after these cut-off dates will have to wait for those dates to move to or past their Priority Date before a visa is available. It is difficult to predict how quickly these dates will move forward.

If you have questions about your Priority Date, the Visa Bulletin and your EB-5 petition or visa application, please contact us at info@enterlinepartners.com and speak with a U.S. immigration attorney in Ho Chi Minh City, Manila and Taipei.

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Categories: Immigrant Visa

Tags: EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa, EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 (RIA), Final Action Date, Priority Date, U.S. Department of State (DOS), Visa Bulletin

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