Greg Sheehan

USCIS Approves Behring’s Unity Lender

What is the Unity Lender? Behring's Unity Lender, introduced by Behring Regional Center, was the EB-5 industry’s first licensed lending company designed to provide USCIS-compliant loans for qualified EB-5 investors. It offers a financing vehicle for alternative investments, addressing the need for flexible source-of-fund models. Historically, many EB-5 investors sought ways to meet investment requirements, ...

Feds Drop Rates by 50 Points, Driving Confidence into EB-5 Projects

The recent 50-basis-point interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve creates significant optimism across various investment sectors, but one area that stands to benefit tremendously is the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program. What is the EB-5 Program? The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program, established by Congress in 1990, allows foreign nationals to obtain U.S. residency by investing ...

EB-5 FY 2025 Preview

To preview what FY 2025 will look like for EB-5, we can look at trends from FY 2024 which ends on September 30, 2024. Here are the key takeaways: FY 2024 was a record year for EB-5 allocation. FY 2025 lines up to be just as productive. Reserved investors are getting Unreserved visas, forestalling chart

When did EB-5 Partial Payments get started?

During a USCIS Stakeholders Meeting in 2018 Colin Behring received confirmation from IPO Deputy Director Ricky Murray that partial capital contributions can be made in compliance with the program requirements.  Many people know of Behring for unmatched EB-5 products and successful litigation, but this moment changed the landscape for the entire investor class.  What was

EB-5 Visa Allocation Update: New High for EB-5 Production

A Record Year for EB-5 Visa Allocation The U.S. State Department recently announced that as of August 16, 2024, they have hit a record high in EB-5 visa allocation, reaching over 14,000 visas in the Unreserved Category. This surpasses the previous high of nearly 11,000 visas. In addition to this achievement, reserved visas in HUA ...

Behring’s EB-5 Project Receives 7 I-829 Approvals in One Week

Behring Regional Center LLC is proud to announce the batch processing of seven I-829 approvals of our successful portfolio fund, the Madison Park Project. To date, the average I-829 approval time for this project is 2.5 years, and every investor who reached their sustainment requirements has been repaid. These approvals validate the multi-asset investment EB-5 ...

H-1B to EB-5 Visa: a Step-by-Step guide to a Permanent Greencard.

Navigating your journey from H-1B to EB-5 "I’m in the United States on an H-1B visa, and I’m looking at EB-5. I’d like a checklist to walkthrough my steps." H-1B is a temporary non-immigrant visa whereas the EB-5 visa leads to permanent residency and a greencard. This has created a surge in interest from immigrant employees already in the United States, have ...

URGENT ALERT: USCIS to Raise Fees Significantly on EB-5 Filings

Time is of the essence in the world of EB-5 and Investors are on notice to act fast in order to avoid increased costs and processing delays, as USCIS has announced huge filing fee increases with the largest bumps in the Employment-Based Categories. How much is the increase? EB-5 form types such as I-526E, I-485 ...

1900 Broadway receives I-526E approval 18 DAYS after I-956F approval

Behring celebrates the New Year with major approval announcements. The Immigrant Investor Program Office (IPO) turned its focus to Behring’s 1900 Broadway projects during a historically slow period of Government production.  They approved both I-956F forms for the debt and equity funds on November 30, 2023.  Then 18 days later, on December 18, 2023 they

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