For official U.S. government information regarding the EB-5 Alien Entrepreneur Immigrant Investor Program Regional Centers & Pilot Program, please visit the USCIS website at:
http://uscis.gov/graphics/services/residency/investment.htm
NOTE: Effective March 1, 2003, all offices of the INS (Immigration & Naturalization Service) were placed under the direction of the Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services , now renamed the United States Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS).
The EB-5 regional center program has been extended until September 30, 2009.
EB-5 Visa Pilot Program Extension
William Yates, Associate Director of CIS Operations issued a memo which provides, policy and regulation development, field guidance, form design, case auditing, and training regarding Regional Center adjudications and associated investor petitions within the EB-5 Investor Program, shall reside with Investor and Regional Center Unit (IRCU).
A list of designated regional centers in the United States can be found here: Designated Regional Centers
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has made several changes to the employment-based fifth preference (EB-5) immigrant investor category. The changes are intended to provide better oversight of this important but underused green card category....contine reading...