At a recent IIUSA EB-5 Forum, Charles Oppenheim, the Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division at the U.S. Department of State (“DOS”) – the man who decides the DOS Visa Bulletin every month – responded to a question regarding visa allocation for persons from Hong Kong. The question
The United States Department of State (“DOS”) has announced that routine visa processing at Embassies and Consulates will resume on a post-by-post basis consistent with DOS’s guidance for safely returning to the full services. As on the ground conditions improve, DOS will begin providing services leading to the eventual full
In what appears to be a judicial game of tennis, the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit overturned a lower federal judge’s decision to stop the United States Department of Homeland Security’s (“DHS”) public charge rule and is allowing DHS to continue to implement the rule. On
A federal judge has stopped the United States Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) public charge rule which was recently allowed to proceed after an injunction was lifted by the United States Circuit Court for the Second Circuit. Judge Gary Feinerman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of
On October 19, 2020, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) premium processing fees will increase in accordance with the Continuing Appropriations Act signed into law on October 1, 2020.. USCIS premium processing allows a petitioner to receive a decision within 15 business days by submitting a Form I-907, Request
We have previously written about the Form I-864 Affidavit of Support, the contract between a Petitioner or “Sponsor” and the U.S. Government showing that the Sponsor has enough income or assets to financially provide for the Sponsor’s household family members and the intending immigrant(s). The Affidavit of Support legally binds
In April 2021, Enterline and Partners received an approval for a highly complex I-130 Petition. We are pleased to announce that our client was recently issued her immigrant visa. Following the I-130 Petition approval by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, our client’s file was sent to the National
As anticipated, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) has just released two new forms for use in the EB-5 Regional Center Program following the enactment of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 (“Act”); the Form I-956, Application for Regional Center Designation, and I-956H, Bona Fides of Persons
The U.S. Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City (“Consulate”) has announced that immigrant visa applicants with scheduled appointments beginning in June 2022 must bring ALL required documents to their interview or will be TURNED AWAY and be asked to reschedule their interview appointments. In addition to physically bringing required documentation
Vietnam is open for business! “It is great to be back. Ho Chi Minh City seems back to its normal self; full of energy and excitement and opportunity for Vietnamese” says David Enterline, Esq., of Enterline and Partners Consulting, who returned after almost two years of COVID induced absence to
Enterline and Partners Consulting Managing Partner David Enterline has obtained another approval from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Investor Program Office (“USCIS IPO”) to expedite the review of his investor’s I-526 Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur (“I-526 Petition”). An approval of a request to expedite the review of
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