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USCIS Removes Biometrics Requirement for Form I-526E Petitioners
Beginning March 15, USCIS is removing the biometrics submission requirement and $85 fee requirement for petitioners filing Form I-526E, Immigrant Petition by Regional Center Investor. Petitioners no longer need to submit the fee for biometrics services with their Form I-526E.
Rajiv's Comments in the News - US EB-2 visa retrogresses for India: What it means for your Green Card application
Published by: The Economic Times: March 24, 2023
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/migrate/us-eb-2-visa-retrogres…
Quotes and Excerpts from Rajiv in the article:
USCIS Issues Message On EB-5 Tenant Occupancy
The “tenant-occupancy” methodology seeks credit for job creation by independent tenant businesses that lease space in buildings developed with EB-5 funding. USCIS continues to recognize that whether it is economically reasonable to attribute such “tenant-occupancy” jobs to the underlying EB-5 commercial real estate project is a fact-specific question. Each case filed will depend on the specific facts presented and the accompanying economic analysis.
EB-5: Employment Based Immigration – Immigrant Investor Program
Congress created the Immigrant Investor Program, also known as the EB-5 program, in 1990 to stimulate the U.S. economy through job creation and capital investment by foreign investors.
Eligibility
To qualify for the EB-5 program, a foreign investor must make a minimum capital investment into a new commercial enterprise that creates and/or preserves permanent full-time employment for at least 10 qualified U.S. workers.
You may be eligible to be classified as an EB-5 immigrant investor if you: