Indian Nationals Face Up to 128-Year Wait for EB-2 & EB-3 Green Cards

…for an EB-2 visa, with India accounting for 90% of these applications, or 358,078. Additionally, there are 129,754 approved petitions for the EB-3 visa, 89% of which are from Indian applicants. By November 2023, the cut-off date for EB-2 visas for Indians is set for petitions filed before January 1, 2012. For EB-3 visas, the Indian cut-off date is May 1, 2012. This indicates that only applicants who submitted their I-140 petitions over ten years ago are currently eligible to receive their green cards. Given that nearly 400,000 approved Indian nationals are competing for one of the 2,800 EB-2 visas…

Montana Regional Center

EB5AN State of Montana Regional Center Geographic coverage: All 56 counties in the State of Montana View the official regional center designation letter for the EB5AN Montana Regional Center. Contact us now to learn more about becoming a business affiliate. Benefits of Affiliation with Our Montana EB-5 Regional Center Immediate Ability to Raise EB-5 Capital in Montana Business affiliates of EB5AN, including our Montana EB-5 regional center, can immediately begin raising EB-5 investment funds in any of the designated geographic areas that comprise our USCIS-approved regional centers. Indirect Job Creation Calculations Business affiliates of our regional centers can calculate job…

EB-5 Investment from Turkey

…its growth in population. Its number of prisoners almost quadrupled, with a 400% rise in robberies, homicides and drug-related offenses. Armed violence also increased by 61% from 2015 to 2017, leading affluent residents to search for more secure places to live and raise their families. Environmental Conditions Turkey’s rapid industrialization has led to unsafe levels of air pollution for at least 97% of Turkish city-dwellers, with the country quickly becoming one of the world’s largest producers of greenhouse gases. Coupled with water pollution and overfishing, Turkey’s abundant biodiversity is in jeopardy.However, the Turkish government has already begun plans to adopt…

Free Guidebook for Bahamian Students Considering Higher Education in the United States

…United States than the Bahamas. The Bahamas’ Presence in the Global Economy As of 2019, the Bahamas has an estimated population of 393,244. The Bahamas has the second highest per capita GDP in the Caribbean with a GDP growth rate of 1.2% in 2019. Tourism is the top industry in the Bahamas employing approximately half of the island’s work force. Financial services comes in a distant second contributing 15% of GDP with manufacturing and agriculture rounding out the bottom two. Trend of Bahamian Students Studying Abroad in the United States With a population of almost 400,000, an estimated 2,500 students…

Bill S.386 May End the Country Cap on EB-5 Visas

…7.1% of all EB visas for that year. Among these 10,000 visas, no one country is entitled to more than 7.1%, which amounts to around 700 visas per country. Since applicants can use their EB5 investment to obtain U.S. green cards for their spouse and dependent children as well, the yearly limit of 700 EB-5 visas per country only allows around 300 to 400 immigrant investors per country to start their new, promising life in the United States. Bill S.386 Offers Hope for Ending the Country Cap In July 2019, the U.S. government took the first step toward eliminating the…

Centro Regional EB-5 de Maryland

…novembro de 2015 e 4,6% em dezembro de 2015. O estado de Maryland cobre uma área de 32.133 km2, com uma largura de 162km e um comprimento de 400 km. Isso implica em uma densidade populacional de 236 pessoas /km2, o que faz de Maryland o quinto estado mais densamente povoado dos Estados Unidos. A capital do estado de Maryland é Annapolis, a maior cidade é Baltimore e a maior área metropolitana é a área metropolitana de Baltimore-Washington. O Produto Interno Bruto (PIB) do estado de Maryland em 2010 foi de US $ 295 bilhões. Isso implica em uma taxa…

A close-up of Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status.

Form I-485 Instructions: A Step-by-Step Guide on Filing

…P.O. Box 660168 Dallas, TX 75266-0168 FedEx, UPS, and DHL Deliveries USCIS Attn: I-526/E (Box 660168) 2501 S. State Highway 121 Business Suite 400 Lewisville, TX 75067-8003 You can sign up to receive an email and/or text message alert acknowledging the USCIS lockbox received your form. To do this, fill out Form G-1145, E-Notification of Application/Petition Acceptance. Attach it to the first page of your application. What Happens After I File Form I-485? After you mail Form I-485 to USCIS, be ready for several next steps in the application process. Save Your Receipt Notice: USCIS will send you a receipt…

EB-5 Investment from Vietnam

Over the last 30 years, Vietnam has developed from one of the poorest nations in the world into one of the fastest-growing economies. This increase in wealth and the search for better opportunities have led to a rise in wealthy Vietnamese EB-5 investors. Wealth and Economy The number of millionaires in Vietnam has skyrocketed by more than 400% in a decade, totaling more than 14,000 in 2016 and surpassing the total number in neighboring countries such as the Philippines. Centimillionaires—those worth at least $100 million—are also multiplying. Vietnam’s wealth growth rate surpassed even that of China from 2007 to 2017….

Arizona EB-5 Regional Center

…6.1% for October 2015, 5.8% for November 2015, and 5.5% for December 2015. Arizona covers an area of 113,990 square miles, with a width of 310 miles and a length of 400 miles. This implies a population density of 57 people per square mile, which makes Arizona the 33rd-most densely populated state in the United States. The capital and largest city of Arizona is Phoenix, and the largest metro area is the Phoenix metropolitan area. The state’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2010 was $254 billion. This implies a compound annual growth rate from 2000 to 2010 of 4.59% and…

USCIS May 2014 Call Transcript

…just mention is, and this came up at a discussion recently regarding a fee for recertification of a regional center. As you know, there are about 400 regional centers right now. Many are not active. Talking with some of the developers of the regional centers, those that are active appear to be willing to pay a fairly substantial recertification fee to ensure the integrity of the program to pay for investigators to go out just as we’ve seen with the H-1B Visas. So those are two comments I’d like to make for consideration as you look at regulations. Thank you….