Kyle Behring

When EB-5 Goes Bad: Understanding EB-5 Regional Center Terminations, Debarment, and Sanctions

| July 26, 2024
Navigating the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program can be complex, especially when faced with issues like Regional Center terminations, debarment, or sanctions. Understanding these terms and their implications is crucial for investors seeking to make informed decisions. This article aims to educate the EB-5 community, particularly investors looking for trustworthy sources and partners. What is a ...

Behring Maintains Compliance While USCIS Moves to Terminate Over 100 Regional Centers For 2022 RIA Non-Compliance.

| July 26, 2024
Behring Regional Center continues to demonstrate its commitment to compliance and program integrity as the USCIS recently issued Notices of Intent to Terminate (NOIT) to over 100 Regional Centers. These notices were primarily due to the failure to pay the mandated annual Integrity Fees, a requirement solidified under the 2022 EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act ...

The Debate Over the EB-5 Investment Sustainment Period

| April 4, 2024
On Friday, March 29, 2024, Invest in the USA (IIUSA), an EB-5 stakeholder trade association, filed a federal lawsuit challenging a recent USCIS interpretation of the RIA which advanced the 2-year EB-5 investment sustainment period to begin when the job creating investment was made. The lawsuit notes that USCIS still has not taken appropriate steps ...

March 2024 Visa Bulletin: Pre-RIA Investors have until February 28th to file their I-485 AOS applications

| February 13, 2024
Yesterday, the U.S. State Department published the March 2024 Visa Bulletin (see here). No changes for EB-5 investors. Chart A remains current for all visa set-aside categories – rural areas, high unemployment areas, and infrastructure projects – for all countries. For investors who filed before the Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 (RIA), visa backlogs ...

Redefining EB-5 Investments: The Unmatched Value of Diversification to an EB-5 Investor

| January 12, 2024
Across the EB-5 investment industry, the concept of diversification is completely ignored. Offerings are single assets, individual syndications, one-off deals. It doesn’t matter if it’s looking at EB-5 project offerings, the regional centers or even the EB-5 investors’ preferences, the concept of reducing risk through diversification is almost nonexistent. Diversification is incredibly important to every ...

EB-5 Investment Sustainment Period Changed to 2-Years, 5 Year EAD Cards.

| October 25, 2023
On October 18th, Behring Regional Center hosted a webinar to discuss the latest updates in EB-5. Dive into key topics like USCIS's new 5-year EAD card policy, changes to the 2-year sustainment period, and insights on Behring's EB-5 investment opportunities. We will be publishing written articles later on this week but we wanted to get ...

October Public Engagement with USCIS on the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program

| October 24, 2023
The Citizenship and Immigration Service Ombudman's Office (OMB) is hosting a Public Engagement on the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Office (IPO) on Monday, October 30, 2023 at 2 p.m. Eastern Time. OMB recently spoke to EB-5 industry stakeholders such as IIUSA, AIIA, and the AILA EB-5 Committee. Next in their Webinar Series is a public engagement ...
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