Every year, EB5 Investors Magazine announces the Top Attorneys in the EB-5 immigration field, based on their knowledge and experience in EB-5 policy, complex cases and regulatory compliance. Mona Shah, Esq. has been voted a Top EB-5 Attorney for seven consecutive years. Rebecca S. Singh, Esq. has been voted a Top EB-5 Attorney for the first year.
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The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa Attracts Foreign Capital Into The USA And Creates Jobs For American Workers.
Projects range from large pooled Direct EB-5 Projects, such as – transportation system upgrade projects in New York City, Green Accessible Taxis in New York City, software companies. To large, medium and small hospitality projects, mix-used real estate projects, condominiums, Senior Assisted Living Homes, ski resorts, Charter schools etc.
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Mona Shah & Associates is licensed to practice law in the United States, England and Wales and the Peoples Republic of China. Experienced and accomplished lawyers- and advanced EB-5 investment specialists. Mona Shah has litigated across the country, specializing in immigration law, appeals and federal court litigation.
USCIS has released the fourth (4th) quarter statistics recently for Fiscal Year 2014 for I-526 and I-829 Immigrant Petitions by Alien Entrepreneurs. For I-526, in 2013, a total of 6,346 petitions were received and entered into the case tracking system. 3,699 cases were approved, and 7,131 cases were pending.
IMMACT90 is a legislation that used to be regarded by immigration lawyers as a milestone for deportation issues. The act significantly restructured the U.S. immigration system and included changes to non-immigrant visa categories, deportation rules, and increased legal immigration limits, among other important revisions.
After a gap of 11 months, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) finally held the highly anticipated EB-5 Stakeholder Meeting, the first since Director Nicholas Colucci took office. There was no indication of how many people were participating as the meeting was held telephonically.
EB-5 is a job creation program and yet to many EB-5 investors, it is hardly surprising that the majority of the EB-5 projects on the market focus on real estate development.
At this time there are 439 USCIS approved regional centers, however not all regional centers are active. Buying and selling USCIS approved RC’s some with exorbitant price tags has become a hot topic in the EB-5 arena.