CMB Regional Centers News

It is Time for a Bipartisan Effort to Reform, Reauthorize and Restore Congress’ Intent for the EB-5 Program CMB Founder, Pat Hogan Discusses The Reforms Needed For the EB-5 Program.   The EB-5 Immigrant Investor program was created to stimulate the U.S. economy and create U.S. jobs through foreign at to...

UGlobal Immigration Magazine Recognizes CMB Regional Centers as One of EB-5’s Top 25 Immigration Companies CMB Regional Centers is pleased to announce it has been selected as one of EB-5’s Top 25 Immigration Companies of 2020 by UGlobal Immigration Magazine. Ms. Noreen Hogan, President of CMB Regional Centers, by...

The President has signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, which extends the EB-5 Regional Center Program through June 30, 2021.  This marks a rare time in recent years, when the expiration of the EB-5 Regional Center Program will not align with the expiration of Federal funding.  The extension will however,...

On December 21 st Congress passed an annual government funding bill known as the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, which in part, extends the EB-5 Regional Center Program through June 30, 2021.  The bill was approved by Congress and as required, was then sent to the President to be signed into law.  President...

The USCIS posts the “ Estimated time range ” of how long it takes the USCIS to adjudicate an I-526 petition on its website ( https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/ ) and updates the estimated time range on a monthly basis. Currently, the USCIS estimates that the time range is between 30.5 to 50 months (12/7/2020)....

Congress has passed a bill to extend the funding of the federal government and extends the EB-5 Regional Center Program for two days.  This short extension will allow Congress to work over the weekend to negotiate the terms of an omnibus appropriations bill. CMB will continue to monitor this situation and the for a...

  The EB-5 Regional Center Program is again scheduled to sunset at the end of this week on December 18th, marking the twenty-first short-term extension of the EB-5 Regional Center Program since September, 2015. Over the last five years, numerous bills have been introduced to amend the EB-5 Regional Center but no...

Congress has passed a bill, which has been signed by President Trump, to extend the EB-5 Regional Center Program through December 18, 2020.  The bill, known as a continuing resolution, serves as a stop-gap measure to avoid a shutdown of the federal government and numerous federal programs that were set to expire on...

The past few weeks have seen important updates for EB-5 stakeholders and investors. The U.S. Department of State (DOS) released the December Visa Bulletin and Invest in USA (IIUSA), an EB-5 industry trade associate, completed a week-long virtual industry forum event that featured both Ms. Sarah Kendall, Chief of at...