Alternative Pathway to a Permanent Green Card For H-1B Visa Holders The H-1B visa program currently accounts for more than 583,000 foreign workers employed in the United States, and is a highly sought out route to quality employment opportunities in the U.S. for the lucky high-skilled and educated foreigners who in...

  Two New EB-5 Projects with I-829 Approvals-Investors Receiving Permanent Residency (Green Cards) The EB-5 investor, the investor's spouse, and any unmarried children under the age of 21 are eligible to receive a green card associated with the EB-5 investor's petition. This week, two CMB EB-5 their...

On September 29, 2020, Judge Jeffrey S. White of the US District Court of Northern California granted a preliminary injunction, temporarily stopping the scheduled increase to filing fees for a variety of USCIS petitions. The administrative rule, issued on August 3, 2020 (Final Rule), was to take effect on October 2,...

This week, the Senate passed a Continuing Resolution (“CR”) which reauthorizes the EB-5 regional center program through December 11, 2020.  The bill was signed by President Trump. The CR provides funding for the federal government and authorization for several government programs including EB-5. CMB is excited to see...

    CMB Group 43: 360 Market Square achieves its first I-829 approval! CMB Regional Centers continues to receive more good news in the month of September as CMB Group 43: 360 Market Square achieved its first I-829 approval! We’re always excited for our investors’ success at the I-829 stage of the EB-5 ,...

  CMB News: The EB-5 Program Will Have More Visa’s In FY 2021 On September 24, 2020, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) released their October 2020 visa bulletin. In a typical year, the total number of visas allocated to the Employment-Based category is approximately 140,000 visas. Of that total, 7.1% are for...

What’s Coming Up in the World of EB-5? The end of the U.S. fiscal year is fast approaching and is always a busy time in the world of EB-5.  Although many things have slowed down due to the pandemic and increases to the required EB-5 investment amounts, the EB-5 industry is still busily moving forward. CMB has seen...

  IIUSA and American Immigration Lawyers Association Combine to Provide Comment on USCIS’ Recent Amendments to Policy – CMB Regional Centers calls for Greater Engagement In late July, 2020 USCIS posted what they called “Clarifying Guidance” for the incredibly important topic of redeployment of EB-5 This as...

In a year seemingly dominated by change and challenges, our team at CMB Regional Centers would like to share some information regarding our most recent success: CMB Group 69: Grand Bohemian Hotel – Greenville. This partnership was the first EB-5 offering to complete its raise with investors at both the $500,000 and...