On February 24, 2020, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will implement the agency’s new rules for inadmissibility on public charge grounds. The final rule outlines some of the criteria on how the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) will determine whether a foreign national is inadmissible to adjust status from
The U.S. Department of State (“DOS”) March visa bulletin is out and in a big surprise, the Final Action Date priority date [link to article] for Chinese EB-5 investors leaped forward by 5 months, from December 1, 2014 in February to May 15, 2015. We are looking forward to reading
Ryan Barshop and David Enterline of Enterline and Partners will speak at the American Immigration Lawyers Association (“AILA”), Bangkok District Chapter (“BDC”), “8th Annual Consular Processing Conference” in Taipei, Taiwan. AILA is an international organization of more than 15,000 attorneys and law professors who practice and teach immigration law. Ryan
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) released an updated policy memorandum advising the Department of States (“DOS”) on adjudicating Form I-130 Petitions for Alien Relatives at U.S. Embassies and Consulates through Direct Consular Filing (“DCF.”) The policy memorandum clarifies that USCIS will no longer accept and adjudicate routine I-130 Petitions
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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