…and says pretty much nothing new!  Check it out: WSJ Article on EB-5 from Jan. 21, 2014…

See if you can find grizzled old me waxing poetic about Lake Point EB-5…(-; Harvey Law Group’s 2013 HK Investor Immigration Conference…

[PREFACE: As most of my readers know, I’m very wary of structuring new EB-5 Regional Centers and Projects.   While many of my colleagues are doing very brisk business with EB-5 formations, I have a real issue taking on an EB-5 structure unless I’m 100% satisfied with both the quality of the folks behind the deal AND the confidence that when it is finally approved by USCIS, the project will actually FIND INVESTORS.  The former issue of GP reputation is as much about protecting my OWN reputation as it is about protecting future investors; the latter issue of saleability is based upon the hard, cold reality that a tiny fraction of the 300+ — is it over 400 now? — USCIS approved EB-5 Regional Centers already on the market have succeeded in raising their first dollar.  I’m not interested…

Well, it was only a question of time before some green-skinned, malevolent computer geek basking in anonymity would think to hack us…but they did.   I now have the dubious distinction of owning a domain which has flooded at least one nursing home with over 500 porn and spam emails within a few brief hours.  How’s that for “social networking”?  )-: The culprit email address has been shut down but we haven’t had time to update the site yet to reflect the new one, so please email me directly for any questions regarding AVSRC and Lake Point EB-5. Good grief. Happy holidays to all, Jose…

Folks, I know I’ve been as quiet as a church mouse — online anyway — but this fall has been one big Rock ‘Em/ Sock ‘Em season of high fives all around: Lake Point EB-5 approvals have continued to steamroll in since our #1 approval came in September, with a total of 7 Lake Point EB-5 I-526s approved for investors from China, Vietnam, and Russia so far…and no denials. USCIS approved the Lake Point Capital Partners I-924 Amendment, assuring our second and final tranche investors of the USG’s approval and acceptance of our industry-leading protocols designed to both secure PERMANENT residency for our EB-5 partners AND maximize their ROI through judicious stewardship of their investment dollars. Lake Point’s Managing Director, Jud Laird, and I just returned from closing* Lake Point Capi…

American Venture Solutions Regional Center and Lake Point EB-5 extend our hearty congratulations to our THIRD approved EB-5 investor, who has patiently waited for over one year for their approval.  Like I-526 approvals numbers 1 and 2, this third approval was issued without a Request for Evidence.  For me, on a personal level, it is wonderful to see our first Chinese investor approval, given the tremendous time and effort so many of us have put into the world’s most important EB-5 market. As our regular readers know, Lake Point EB-5 finally got “unstuck” at the very over-burdened USCIS EB-5 adjudications office after a year and a half of waiting.  Today’s approval strengthens our faith that our pipeline of pending Lake Point EB-5 I-526s will move along more swiftly, now that USCIS adjud…

I told you Friday about our first Lake Point EB-5 investor getting their I-526 approved without an RFE; turns out Lake Point EB-5 investors #1 AND #2 were BOTH approved on Friday, with neither generating an RFE from USCIS.  Thanks and hats off to Laguna Niguel! (-: For more information on the only Forbes 400 owned and managed EB-5 opportunity, visit American Venture Solutions Regional Center and contact me if you need further information. Just planned next two Asia trips and we’re looking to zip Lake Point EB-5 up ASAP! Jose…

It took more than a year and a half, dozens of follow-up inquiries, and a lot of patience but Lake Point EB-5 just got our first I-526 approval!!  The investor is from Vietnam…and the approval was WITHOUT an RFE! We extend our congratulations to our wonderful, PATIENT client, to the many colleagues and immigration agents who have patiently waited for Lake Point’s first EB-5 approval, and to the still-underfunded, sequester-impaired USCIS which continues to do its best to work its way through the massive backlogs they face. On a personal note, I am literally light-headed.  Getting an investor to stay on board for a full year longer than the original estimated time of approval is a formidable task; I am so happy that our client’s trust was not misplaced. (-: Press release soon but a quic…

Remember back a few months ago when I published my earnest (read: desperate) letter to the President of the United States asking him why USCIS delays have thousands of I-526s pending for over a year and billions locked in escrow instead of creating American jobs? Well, here is his “answer”…and it is so sad.  Are things really that macroeconomic that the best Washington can do is speak in generalities? You know, Mr. President, I stood in line for four hours to vote for you and on the night of your victory, you said we “have to fix that”.  I actually believed you.  The below leads me to think that despite your best intentions, your position renders you powerless to effect the core, grass-root correction of government dysfunction which continues to paralyze our private sector.  Adjudica…