Kyle Behring

In the latest visa bulletin, USCIS announced that in October 2019, EB-5 applicants from all countries except Mainland China who are living in the U.S. and have I-526 approval can file I-485 regardless of their petition priority date. The Visa Bulletin has two charts for EB visas: Chart A Final Action Dates and Chart B ...

EB-5 Extended Through November 21, 2019 Through Another Continuing Resolution On Friday, September 27th, 2019, the President signed a spending package that included a continuing resolution extending various aspects of 2019 appropriations, including EB-5 regional center program authorization, through November 21, 2019 as part of H.R. 4378 - Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders ...

On September 19th, 2019, Developer Barry Swenson was honored with the Real Estate Pioneer of the Year award at Silicon Valley Business Journal's annual Structures Awards, an event to recognize the best projects, deals, and trailblazers in Silicon Valley. He was recognized along with 24 other award winners at an awards dinner at the Fairmont ...

USCIS Approved the I-924 and I-526 Exemplar Documents For the 1900 Broadway Project. Behring is proud to announce that USCIS has approved our exemplar I-526 and project I-924 petitions for the 1900 Broadway project debt-style investment fund, BRC Partners V LP, and EB-5 investors can have complete faith that the investment and job creation strategy ...

The current sunset date for the EB-5 Regional Center Program is September 30, 2019. Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4378…

With the upcoming new EB-5 regulations slated to take effect on November 21st, 2019, prospective EB-5 investors should consider the benefits of utilizing partial capital contributions as a means of completing their I-526 filing, getting a priority date, and locking in the minimum investment amount of $500,000. What is a Partial Capital Contribution?   A ...

On July 23, 2019, USCIS regulations to update the Immigrant Investor Program, "EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Modernization", were published in the Federal Register. The new regulations amend the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regulations governing the EB-5 immigrant investor classification and EB-5 regional center program to reflect statutory changes and modernize the EB-5 program. . ...

The State Department published the August Visa Bulletin. As expected, the Final Action Date moved to October 15, 2014 in line with China and Vietnam, indicating that India has exhausted the annual limit of 700 visas for 2019. DOS indicates it will make every effort to revert back to the FAD of May 1, 2017 indicated ...

On July 10th, 2019, the U.S. House of Representatives approved bill H.R. 1044, or the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019,  eliminating per-country quotas for all employment-based immigrant visa petitions. The bill increases the per-country cap for all family-based immigrant visas from 7% to 15%, and eliminates the 7% cap for employment-based immigrant visas ...

In March 2019, we predicted I-526 processing times would decrease to six months based on the decrease in overall I-526 filings, increase in the number of petitions adjudicated in FY2017, and increase in resources dedicated to USCIS adjudication. We speculated that project petition quality increased as the industry consolidated to only the highest quality regional ...