EB-5 Investor Visa is useful for those who want to start a business in the US with a substantial amount ($500,000 to one million dollars) and create 10 jobs. It offers permanent residency (green card), which is an advantage of other business visas, such as the E-2.
Archive for January, 2009
EB-5 Generally: Investor Visa
Posted in Business Visas, EB-5, Legal Permanent Resident on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
February 2009 Visa Bulletin
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Visa Bulletin on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The February 2009 Visa Bulletin is out and ready to be perused.
There is movement for certain employment based categories. In particular the Employment 2nd has shown movement for those petitioning from India and China. However, in the 3rd UNSKILLED category, there is retrogression for those from China, Mexico, and India (different in the regular 3rd [...]
USCIS Announces New Filing Location for all EB-5 Petitions
Posted in EB-5, Legal Permanent Resident, tagged EB-5, Regional Center on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
All EB-5 related filings is to be filed at CSC only.
Submit all new EB-5 petitions and regional center application materials to:
For Direct Mail (i.e. USPS):
USCIS California Service Center
ATTN: EB-5 Processing Unit
P.O. Box 10526
Laguna Niguel, CA 92607-0526
For private couriers (FedEx, etcetera):
USCIS California Service Center
ATTN: EB-5 Processing Unit
24000 Avila Road, Room, 2nd Floor.
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
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USCIS Revises Direct Mail Program for the Application for Naturalization (Form N-400)
Posted in Citizenship, tagged Citizenship, naturalization on January 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Starting January 22, 2009, USCIS will require Form N-400 (Naturalization Application) to be mailed to the appropriate lockbox locations.
