Prospective EB-5 investors should consider filing before November 30, 2026, to avoid substantial increases in United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) filing fees. The USCIS is implementing significant fee increases that will affect EB-5 investors, regional centers, and EB-5 investment projects. For EB-5 investors who are ready and eligible
When you sponsor your husband or wife for a U.S. immigrant visa, the government wants to see that there will be adequate financial support once your spouse becomes a lawful permanent resident (“Green Card Holder.”). For most marriage-based cases, this requires completing a Form I-864, Affidavit of Support (“Form I-864”)
For EB-5 investors, capital redeployment is an important consideration when investment funds are repaid by the original job-creating entity to the New Commercial Enterprise (“NCE”). The Reform and Integrity Act (“RIA”) establishes specific parameters governing when a NCE must redeploy investment funds while continuing to maintain the EB-5 investors’ capital
When you are a parent with plans to immigrate to the United States, one of the most important questions may be whether your child can come with you. The answer depends on many factors such as the visa category, your child’s age, his/her marital status, and your relationship to the
Applying for a U.S. visa based on marriage, commonly known as a Spousal visa, requires more than showing that you are legally married. The U.S. government must also be satisfied that you entered into the marriage in good faith and not primarily to obtain an immigration benefit. For couples living
Effective immediately, the United States Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) will begin considering a foreign national’s antisemetic activity on social media and the physical harassment of Jewish individuals as grounds for denying immigration benefits. The new policy, which is consistent with President Donald Trump’s Executive Orders on Combatting Antisemetism, Additional
As posted on the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) website, on January 20, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order (“EO”) 14159, “Protecting the American People Against Invasion”. The EO directs the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) to ensure that aliens comply with their duty to register with the government.
Effective March 11, 2025, The United States Center for Disease Control (“CDC”) has removed from the technical instructions to panel physicians the requirement that immigrant visa applicants receive the COVID-19 vaccination. Panel physicians will no longer determine that an immigrant visa applicant is ineligible for travel based on their failure
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) issued a 60-day notice and comment on a proposal to collect information pertaining to social-media handles and associated social media platform names from applicants in an effort to verify identification, streamline public safety screening and related inspections. The proposal, which was published
Under U.S. immigration law, Adjustment of Status (“AOS”) refers to the process through which an individual who is already in the United States applies to change their immigration status from that of a nonimmigrant visa status to that of an immigrant visa status, or “Lawful Permanent Residence”. This process is
Quick Summary: U.S. Tax Obligations for Americans in Southeast Asia Question Answer Do U.S. citizens living in Vietnam or the Philippines need to file U.S. taxes? Yes, regardless of where in the world they live Legal basis? Printed on the last page of every U.S. passport: all U.S. citizens abroad
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