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Last month, IIUSA Board of Directors had a substantive and productive meeting with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director, L. Francis Cissna, USCIS Policy Director, Kathy Nuebel Kovarik, and Immigrant Investor Program Office (IPO) Chief, Sarah Kendall.

October 17, 2018 - The Milwaukee Business Journal provided an exclusive report on the construction of the BMO Tower in Milwaukee, a FirstPathway Partners EB-5 project. 

Starting October 2018, USCIS will accept adjustment of status (“AOS”) applications from employment-based categories based on cut-off dates set in Chart B of the Visa Bulletin. For China EB-5 applicants, this means that eligible individuals with priority dates earlier than October 1, 2014, may file an AOS application starting on October 1, 2018.

September 28, 2018, President Trump signed a spending package that includes a short-term continuing resolution (CR) extending the EB-5 Regional Center Program through December 7, 2018.

September 17, 2018 - Irgens Partners, through contractor J.H. Findorff & Son, is moving construction along at full speed on the BMO Harris Financial Center, a 25-story full glass, office tower. The EB-5 funded project will feature a number of amenities, including a shared multi-media conference center, common tenant lounge, and terrace on the 12th floor.