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How EB-5 Funds Are Deployed

| March 24, 2026
How EB-5 Funds Are Deployed One of the first questions investors ask after wiring funds is simple: what actually happens to my money? If you are wiring $800,000, you should understand where it is going, when it gets deployed, and how it can contribute to job creation. This article walks through the typical EB-5 capital ...

Why Is Infrastructure I-526E FOIA Data Missing?

| February 18, 2026
A Closer Look at Recent USCIS FOIA Releases In recent months, stakeholders across the EB-5 industry have carefully reviewed newly released USCIS data obtained through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. One question has emerged with increasing frequency: Why does the Infrastructure set-aside category show little or no I-526E filing data in recent FOIA data ...

EB-5 Investors Take Note: Missed Funding Deadlines Can Put Your Petition at Risk

| October 15, 2025
In recent months, USCIS has begun denying I-526E petitions where investors initiated their EB-5 investment with a partial payment but failed to complete their remaining installments within the required timeframe. This reflects a longstanding USCIS principle that remains firmly in place: an EB-5 petition must be “approvable at the time of filing.” In practical terms, ...

10 Things USCIS I-956F Approval of RISE Tells Us

| September 4, 2024

USCIS issued I-956F approval for Behring’s Legacy Fund (BRC Legacy Partners LP) and its latest investment into the RISE fund. This I-956F Approval from USCIS came in 8-months which is a rapid improvement over typical processing times of years past. USCIS’s approval is certifying that this game changing investor-first strategy is 100% compliant with USCIS’s EB-5 regulations and poised to earn green cards for all EB-5 investors.

October Visa Bulletin Analysis for Fiscal Year 2024

| September 19, 2023
The October Visa Bulletin for Fiscal Year 2024 has been released, marking the beginning of the new fiscal year. This is the first visa bulletin of Fiscal Year 2024 and resets the annual visa quotas for all visa preferences. It sets the expectations for the rest of the fiscal year. This bulletin is a critical ...

Behring Co. Welcomes Greg Sheehan, Former USCIS Adjudicator to the Team

| December 3, 2022
Behring Co is excited to welcome Greg Sheehan as Director of EB-5 Investor Relations and USCIS Compliance. Greg was an adjudicator at IPO from 2018 to 2022 and developed extensive knowledge of this highly regulated space. He worked on Forms I-526 and I-829 for Regional Center and Direct Investments, he was on the Compliance team ...

EB-5 Litigation Update Post #8: USCIS reinstates Form I-526 from April 2019 with $500,000 investment amount: Too little too late for some.

| July 10, 2021
EB-5 Litigation Update Post #8: USCIS reinstates Form I-526 from April 2019 with 0,000 investment amount: Too little too late for some.

Background: Behring Regional Center Vs. Chad Wolf et al. In November 2019, the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program experienced regulation changes that would prove to instantly stall the program from being used to invest, create jobs and immigrate. The new regulations included new regulations and increased investor and operating requirements. Most notably, the minimum investment amount …

Trump’s Order to Halt Immigration Does Not Apply to EB-5

| April 22, 2020
President Trump issued an executive order on Wednesday, April 22, 2020 temporarily suspending immigration into the United States for 60 days. Importantly, the Proclamation exempts those immigrants entering the U.S. through the EB-5 program. See the full text of the proclamation here. EB-5 investors who are currently adjusting status or proceeding by consular processing may ...
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