No progress for China EB-5 delays but Good News for Direct EB-5 Investors from Vietnam

For decades, unscrupulous EB-5 projects and Regional Centers have blamed their inability to control foreign agents defrauding investors. Now they have convenient partners right in the U.S….local real estate agents!

USCIS has apparently approved one or more EB-5 projects with a promise to process I-526s in a matter of weeks, diverting from regulatory “expedited processing” standards. Projects must wield this privilege ethically when marketing abroad.

Latourlaw is proud to offer the first comprehensive turnkey solution for Vietnamese investors looking to relocated to the U.S. with their family in less than one year.

Already facing criminal charges, the US Securities and Exchange Commission has now charged Florida developer Robert Walsh and the South Atlantic Regional Center with EB-5 fraud.

The USCIS approved 5 AVS EB-5 Petitions from 2 Projects so far this month.

Suzanne Lazicki of Lucid Professional Writing is EB-5’s most respected independent authority and commentator on investor visas. Here’s a summary of her takeaway from last weeks industry forum.

In 1990, Congress made it clear when it created the EB-5 visa that they wanted 10,000 INVESTORS per year, and that family members were not to be included in that number. Now a prominent immigration litigator is taking the US government to court to prove it.

Ambassador Ted Osius resigned his post in Vietnam earlier this year in response to policy changes by the Trump Administration. Here, he explains why.