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On September 7, 2022, IIUSA filed a Complaint against USCIS in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Plaintiffs brought this action under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) to compel United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) to comply with a FOIA request filed by Plaintiff relating…

The industry had been anxiously waiting for Form I-956K to be published so that agents and promoters know what is required for them to register with USCIS. Finally, this form is published today (on September 2, 2022) in the Federal register as a draft, along with the draft form instructions.…

On Thursday, September 1, Judge Chhabria signed an Order Granting Approval of Stipulation of Settlement, which approved the Stipulation of Settlement that the parties filed on August 24, 2022 for the 2 EB-5 cases (Behring Regional Center LLC v. Alejandro Mayorkas, et al. and EB5 Capital, et al. v. United States Department of Homeland Security, et…

On Thursday, August 18, the motion hearing for the Motion to Show Cause for Civil Contempt and to Enforce Preliminary Injunction (“Contempt Motion”) was changed from a court hearing to a Zoom conference at 1:30pm PST. While this hearing was originally set in an attempt for the Judge to rule…

On August 5, 2022, Chinese foreign national plaintiffs filed a complaint against USCIS and the U.S. Secretary of State in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The case was assigned to Judge Tanya S. Chutkan. Plaintiffs allege that EB-5 immigrant visas that were allocated for 2022 should…