Regional Center

On Thursday, June 2, 2022, the preliminary injunction hearing for the Behring lawsuit against the USCIS was held in person with audio available via Zoom for approximately 3 hours.   Throughout the hearing, Judge Chhabria seemed to be conveying how impractical and inappropriate it is to require existing regional centers…

On May 24, IIUSA and five regional centers filed a complaint against the USCIS in the District Court for the District of Columbia. Plaintiffs request the court to set aside USCIS’s categorical deauthorization of preexisting approved regional centers and to declare that the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022…

On Tuesday, May 10, 2022, the preliminary injunction hearing for the Behring lawsuit against the USCIS was held via Zoom conference. The letter from Congressional leaders from May 9, 2022, which we have sent you earlier in the week, was presented in the case; however, Judge Vince Chhabria did not give…

On Monday, May 9, 2022, Congressional Leaders issued a letter to USCIS, which stated that requiring regional centers to go through a process to be redesignated is not required under the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 (“RIA”). The letter also stated that USCIS’ interpretation of the RIA and current guidance are…

On April 11, 2022, USCIS posted an Alert on its website regarding previously designated regional centers being no longer authorized and having to seek for designation under the new program as passed by the EB-5 reform bill. Subsequent to this Alert, IIUSA submitted a letter to USCIS on April 18, and…