Three EB-5 deadlines are converging in 2026 and 2027: the September 30, 2026 grandfathering cutoff, the January 1, 2027 minimum investment increase, and the Visa Bulletin window for concurrent filing. Here is how to file before each one narrows.
The H-1B random lottery is gone. FY 2027 is the first wage-weighted draw, and it pushes early-career tech workers toward EB-5, a green card path with no lottery and no employer sponsor.
Courts keep blocking administrative limits on H-1B, yet the visa feels less secure than ever. Tech workers are increasingly evaluating the H-1B to EB-5 conversion as a more durable residency path.
Legal challenges to the USCIS adjustment memo are expected on APA grounds. For a stalled EB-5 case, EB-5 mandamus remains a tool. What not to do now.
PM-602-0199 makes adjustment discretionary. A concurrent EB-5 I-485 can document the capital and job creation the new standard rewards.
On EB-5 and the EB-2 backlog: if adjustment tightens for everyone, current EB-5 set-aside categories beat a decade-long EB-2 and EB-3 India backlog. Here is the math.
USCIS memo PM-602-0199 makes adjustment discretionary. EB-5 dual intent puts H-1B and L-1 investors ahead, but footnote 20 says status alone is not enough.
USCIS memo PM-602-0199 reframes adjustment of status as discretionary. It does not eliminate EB-5 concurrent filing. Here is what it means for pending I-485 investors.
A self-directed IRA EB-5 strategy allows investors to use retirement funds for their EB-5 capital contribution, but the tax, custodial, and immigration compliance details matter.
Today, April 17, 2026, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services approved Behring Regional Center's Form I-956F amendment for the CIVIC project at 1950 Franklin Street in Oakland, California. The amendment increases the combined maximum EB-5 capital raise across the project's two affiliated new commercial enterprises — BRC Legacy Partners LP and BRC Partners VIII LP — ...
