Oct 28, 2018
Matthew Galati
Real talk: let me start this blog by admitting, “Yeah, I know you’ve heard this before.”
The EB-5 industry has been saying it fo...
Aug 13, 2018
Matthew Galati
On August 13, USCIS announced that Form I-829 must now be filed at the Texas Lockbox (where Form I-526 is filed) as opposed to its historical desti...
Dec 4, 2017
Matthew Galati
Funding for the federal government runs out at midnight on Saturday, Dec. 9. We have been here before: the EB-5 Regional Center Program’s ong...
Oct 25, 2017
Matthew Galati
In remarks before the IIUSA Industry Forum held this week, U.S. Department of State Immigrant Visa Control and Reporting Division Chief Charlie Opp...
Sep 11, 2017
By Matthew Galati
On the legislative front, this year continues to mirror the previous two, as the EB-5 Regional Center program is virtually certai...
Jun 22, 2017
Matthew Galati
U.S. Investors and Entrepreneurs Division manager Matthew Galati was featured in a June 21, 2017 article published in The Real Deal, &ldq...
Jun 22, 2017
By: Matthew Galati
We are continuing our coverage of USCIS’ publishing of I-526 and I-829 performance data by Regional Center. These reports ...
Jun 21, 2017
By: Matthew Galati
On June 19, 2017, USCIS published a list of approvals and denials for Form I-526 [link] and Form I-829 [link] performance based ...
Jun 15, 2017
Matthew Galati
Determining options after an EB-5 loan is to be repaid has been one of the most vexing points of advising clients in how to utilize immigrant capit...
May 10, 2017
Jonathan Grode
U.S. Practice Director Jonathan Grode was quoted in a May 10th article featured in Forbes regarding the EB-5 immigrant investor prog...
May 1, 2017
On April 27, 2017, Manager of the U.S. Entrepreneurs and Investors Division Matthew Galati was quoted in “Fate of Visa Program Faces &l...
Apr 4, 2017
Kelly Goldthorpe and Matthew Galati
USCIS has ostensibly enacted a new policy with profound consequences for EB-5 investors from countries such as China and Vietnam facing currency re...
Mar 27, 2017
Matthew Galati and Eren Sari
Earlier this month, the U.S. House of Representatives held a public hearing on the proposed DHS regulations that would raise the minimum EB-5 inves...
Feb 23, 2017
On February 22, 2017, Senior Associate Attorney Matthew Galati presented at The EB-5 Immigrant Visa: Using Foreign Capital to Fund Delaware Pr...
Feb 21, 2017
Matthew Galati
On March 3, 2017, USCIS will have its first EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Stakeholder engagement of the year. Of course, this engagement will als...
Feb 14, 2017
Matthew Galati
Today is Valentine’s Day, and we would be remiss to not mention our ongoing love for the EB-5 Program, a vital job creator for U.S. workers t...
Jan 17, 2017
The Green and Spiegel Investor Team sponsored the 2017 Las Vegas EB-5 Investors Magazine Conference, held on January 13-14. Matthew Galati, manager...
Jan 17, 2017
Matthew Galati
On January 13, 2017, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking with respect to the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Pr...
Jan 6, 2017
Andrew Clancy Rodgers
Just before the New Year, USCIS released updated processing time reports, with processing dates as of October 31, 2016, for a number of Service Cen...
Dec 29, 2016
Matthew Galati
In our earlier post, we discussed that USCIS is moving forward with what portends to be a major overhaul of the EB-5 regulations. As promised, we&r...