USCIS Issues Policy Guidance on the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022

• Removing the provisions found in the EB-5 Modernization Rule that a federal court vacated on June 22, 2021;
• Adding that an applicant may file Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, concurrently with, or subsequent to, a Form I-526, Immigrant Petition by Standalone Investor, or Form I-526E, Immigrant Petition by Regional Center Investor, where a visa is immediately available;
• Revising the investment amounts and targeted employment area designation process; and
• Updating the name of Form I-526 throughout Volumes 7 and 8 from its former name (Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur) to the current name (Immigrant Petition by Standalone Investor) and adding references to Form I-526E, Immigrant Petition by a Regional Center Investor.

First appeared on https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/alerts/uscis-issues-policy-guidance-on-the-eb-5-reform-and-integrity-act-of-2022-0 and can be found at https://www.uscis.gov/news/rss-feed/59144

The original publication date of this post was October 11, 2022 1:43 pm