USCIS Policy Archives

USCIS Grants Expedited Processing and Officially Approves BRC Legacy Fund, EB-5’s Most Powerful Equity Fund Ever Launched.

Kyle Behring | March 3, 2021

Congratulations to the Behring Team and Welcome to a New Age of EB-5 Investment! Behring is proud to announce that USCIS has approved our first Legacy Fund investor’s I-526 petition. What's even more spectacular is that USCIS granted expedited processing for the investor's case, a first for Behring's EB-5 platform. This USCIS approval ratifies BRC ...

New Trump Executive Order Banning H1B, H4, J1, L1 and L2 Visa’s Until 2021

Colin Behring | June 25, 2020

On June 22, 2020, President Trump signed an Executive Order banning H1B and H4 visa holders from entry to the US until December 31, 2020. The ban extends to L1, L2 and J1 visa holders. The EB-5 visa category is exempt and not affected by this change. This order is an extension of Proclamation 10014 …

USCIS EB-5 Policy Manual – Updated November 2019

Colin Behring | November 6, 2019

USCIS is revising its policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to align with the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Modernization Final Rule, published on July 24, 2019, and effective Nov. 21, 2019. USCIS is updating the USCIS Policy Manual to conform with the final rule’s provisions, which include: Priority date retention for certain EB-5 immigrants; …

EB-5 Update – TEA Changes with Release of New Unemployment Statistics

Colin Behring | May 2, 2019

TEA Unemployment Data Explained On May 1, 2019, national unemployment data statistics were released and the State of California Office of the Governor has updated its website to reflect the new TEA Map. In California based EB-5 projects, to qualify the site as a target employment area the unemployment rate in that single census tract ...

Will I Lose My Green Card and Be Deported for Voting as a Non-U.S. Citizen?

Colin Behring | October 3, 2017

Non-U.S. citizens are not allowed to vote in the federal elections. Non-U.S. citizens include Green Card holders, those in the U.S. on nonimmigrant visas, undocumented immigrants, refugees and asylees. These categories of immigrants do not have the right to vote for the President of the U.S. Natural born U.S. citizens and naturalized citizens can vote ...