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DOS & USCIS Resume Visa Processing

On April 12, 2022 the U.S.

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FirstPathway Partners Named 2020-2022 IIUSA I-829 Award Recipient

Tuesday, April 5, 2022 - Next week, the success of IIUSA members will be celebrated at the Industry Forum in Orlando Florida, where FirstPathway Partners will receive an I-829 award for success in the EB-5 program over the course of 2020 to 2022.

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USCIS Announces New Actions to Reduce Backlogs and Expand Premium Processing

Wednesday, March 30, 2022 - Yesterday, U.S. Citizenship and Immigrations Services (USCIS) announced a trio of efforts to increase efficiency and reduce burdens to the overall legal immigration system. USCIS will begin setting new agency-wide backlog reduction goals, expand premium processing to additional form types, and work to improve timely access to employment authorization documents.

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President Biden Signs into Law: H.R. 2471

Tuesday, March 15, 2022 - President Biden signed into law: H.R.

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Press Release: Congress Reauthorizes EB-5 Regional Center Program

 

PRESS RELEASE
MARCH 11, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Congress Reauthorizes EB-5 Regional Center Program
Five-year authorization through September 30, 2027

 

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March 2022 Visa Bulletin Released: Unchanged for EB-5

Thursday, February 17, 2022 – The U.S.
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EB-5 Reauthorization Update

Tuesday, February 15, 2022 - The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Regional Center Program has historically been attached to the omnibus, the federal government’s annual spending / budget bill. 
 
On Monday, February 7, 2022, the House Appropriations Committee advanced a short-term continuing resolution
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New USCIS Mission Statement Reinforces Commitment to Welcome Immigrants

Wednesday, February 9, 2022 - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the agency’s new mission statement.

USCIS upholds America’s promise as a nation of welcome and possibility with fairness, integrity, and respect for all we serve.” 

posted by Siobhan Birmingham
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Global Entry for Brazilians Now Available

Tuesday, February 8, 2022 - The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced the launch of a full Global Entry arrangement with the Government of Brazil (GOB). The full arrangement comes after a more limited pilot launched in November 2019, and will now increase the number of Brazilian citizens eligible for Global Entry.

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Sonja Clarke Details her Recent Trip to the United States and Highlights the Benefits of an EB-5 Visa Investment

Friday, January 28, 2022 - FirstPathway Partners’ Regional Director of South Africa, Sonja Clarke journeyed to the United States, specifically to our headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this past January where she met IIUSA  President and FirstPathway Partners' CEO Bob Kraft.
 
During her visit Sonja saw firsthand many of FPP’s completed EB-5 projects in Milwau
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USCIS Acknowledged IIUSA's Letter of Request to Hold Pending Petitions

Monday, January 24, 2022 - Earlier this year, IIUSA sent both a standalone and joint letter with the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) to USCIS asking them to continue holding all pending EB-5 Regional Center Program-related petitions and applications in abeyance during the continued lapse of the EB-5 program.

posted by Jessica Melka
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February 2022 Visa Bulletin Unchanged for EB-5

Tuesday, January 18, 2022 - The U.S. Department of State published the monthly Visa Bulletin for February 2022

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Teriyaki Madness Named in Newsweek's "America's Favorite Restaurant Chain"

Monday, January 17, 2022 - Teriyaki Madness franchise was named in Newsweek's "America's Favorite Restaurant Chain". For the first time, Newsweek and global data firm Statista are proud to award America's Favorite Restaurant Chains in selected categories.
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USCIS Requested to Continue Holding Pending Petitions

Wednesday, January 12, 2022 - In an effort to protect good-faith EB-5 investors, IIUSA sent a letter to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) requesting the agency continue its 2021 policy to hold any pending immigrant investor petitions or applications awaiting EB-5 regional center program reauthorization. 

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US Department of State Releases January 2022 Visa Bulletin

Tuesday, December 21, 2021 - The US Department of State has released its January 2022 Visa Bulletin, outlining per-country priority date cutoffs that regulate immigrant visa availability and the flow of adjustment of status application and consular immigrant visa application filings a

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