For regional center EB-5, certain dilemmas or problems may arise even after the investment was already made and the paperwork once looked routine. The regional center misses the EB-5 Integrity Fund payment. Form I-956G is not filed. A principal becomes disqualified. An SEC enforcement action exposes securities violations. A DOJ […]
Category: EB-5
In EB-5 practice, investors often ask two different questions as if they were the same question. The first is: When can I get my money back? The second is: When will USCIS consider my investment properly sustained? After the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 (“RIA”), this issue became […]
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EB-5 Wait Times for Chinese Investors in 2026: What FOIA Data Reveals About the Hidden Backlog
USCIS processing disparities, set-aside category imbalances, and the long road ahead for Mainland China applicants, behind a Visa Bulletin that still reads “Current.” Mainland China accounts for nearly 51% of all post-RIA EB-5 petitions filed since April 2022, yet the latest data paints a sobering picture: Chinese investors face some […]
The EB-5 TEA Playbook | Post 3 In the previous post, we worked through the rural TEA definition and saw that the analysis, while detail-sensitive, is relatively mechanical. You check two things, MSA status and population, and if both pass, the geography qualifies. High-unemployment TEA analysis is different in kind, […]
The EB-5 TEA Playbook | Post 2 In the first post of this series, we established that a Targeted Employment Area (“TEA”) is no longer just a pricing mechanism. In 2026, TEA classification affects your investment threshold, the visa category you can access, and your exposure to backlogs that are […]