On August 5, 2021, President Biden issued the “Deferred Enforcement Departure for Certain Residents of Hong Kong” memorandum (the “Memorandum”), directing the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) to take appropriate measures to defer for 18 months the removal of Hong Kong residents presently in the United States. Hong Kong residents
The United States Immigration and Citizenship Services (“USCIS”) has announced it has closed the Biometrics Processing Unit in Alexandria, Virginia and no longer accepts written requests to reschedule biometric services appointments at application support centers. You must now call the USCIS Contact Center to reschedule a biometric services appointment. The
If you are a Lawful Permanent Resident (“LPR”) and need to travel outside the U.S for a temporary trip abroad, you generally do not need to apply for any special document to return to the United States. Your valid Form I-551, more commonly known as a “Green Card”, is usually
Enterline and Partners is pleased to announce another CR-1 immigrant visa has been issued by filing an expedited I-130 Petition for Alien Relative with the U.S. Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City (“Consulate”) through Direct Consular Filing (“DCF”). The petitioner, a U.S. citizen and beneficiary, a British citizen, were married
The United States Immigration and Citizenship Services (“USCIS”) has posted another Alert regarding the EB-5 immigrant investor visa. We post the complete Alert here for convenience. “On June 22, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, in Behring Regional Center LLC v. Wolf, 20-cv-09263-JSC, vacated the EB-5 Immigrant
David Enterline was invited by American Venture Solutions Regional Center (AVS) to speak at its seminar in Hanoi City, Vietnam on June 11, 2022. The topics of the seminar were EB-5, E-2, and L-1 Visas to the United States. The focus of the seminar was the introduction of the new
On March 4, 2022, Mr. Enterline of Enterline and Partners, working with co-counsel in the United States, helped file a complaint in Federal Court for multiple EB-5 investors waiting for action on their Form I-829, Petition by Investor to Remove Conditions on Permanent Residence Status (“I-829 Petition). The law suit
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) has ended the requirement that all air passengers, 2 years or older, traveling to the United States from a foreign country must present a negative COVID-19 test result from a sample taken no more than one day before departure, or provide
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
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