Source: https://greencardfund.com/eb-5-education-center/
Timestamp: 2018-08-20 10:36:46
Document Index: 594091336

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 203', '§ 1153', '§ 204', '§ 216', '§ 204', '§ 103']

EB-5 Education Center - Green Card Fund
EB-5 is a complicated program, and so it’s important to understand its history and stay up to date on the current trends of this ever-evolving industry.
EB- Statutes and Regulations
Precedent AAO Cases
USCIS Guidance Memorandum
Source and Path of Lawfully-Obtained Investment
Statutes AAO Cases USCIS Guidance Procedure Steps PATH OF FUNDS TRAINING MATERIALS
Statute as amended INA § 203 (b)(5); 8 USC § 1153 (b)(5) View/Download PDF
Federal Regulation 8 CFR § 204.6 View/Download PDF
Federal Regulation 8 CFR § 216.6 View/Download PDF
Matter of Soffici, 22 I&N Dec. 158 (Assoc. Comm'r 1998)
A loan secured by the assets of the commercial enterprise does not qualify as "at risk" the investor's personal guarantee of payment does not change the character of the mortgage, as the assets of the enterprise are still primarily securing the mortgage. View/Download PDF
Matter of Izummi, 22 I&N Dec. 168 (Assoc. Comm'r 1998)
As investor may not enter into a redemption agreement with the commercial enterprise any time prior to completing all of his cash payments under a promissory note, and in no event may the investor enter into a redemption agreement prior to the end of the two-year period of conditional residence; an investor may not make material changes to a petition that has already been filed in an effort to make a deficient petition conformed to EB-5 requirements. View/Download PDF
Matter of Ho, 22 I&N Dec. 201 (Assoc. Comm'r 1998)
Investor must establish through supporting documentary evidence that he has placed his own capital at risk and that he acquired legal ownership of the investment capital through lawful means. View/Download PDF
Matter of Hsiung, 22 I&N Dec. 206 (Assoc. Comm'r 1998)
Promissory note secured by assets owned by a petitioner can constitute a proper capital investment if the assets are specifically identified as securing the note, and the security is perfected to the extent privided for by the jurisdiction in which the assets are located, and the assets are fully emenable to seizure by a U.S. note holder. View/Download PDF
USCIS Guidance Memoranda
USCIS Memorandum, A. Mayorkas - "A Work in Progress: Towards a New Draft Policy Memorandum Guiding EB-5 Adjudications" - November 9, 2011 View/Download PDF
USCIS Memorandum, D. Neufeld - "Adjudication of EB-5 Regional Center Proposals and Affiliated Form I-526 and Form I-829 petitions; Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) Update to Chapters 22.4 and 25.2 (AD09-38)" - December 11, 2009 View/Download PDF
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USCIS Memorandum, D. Neufeld - "EB-5 Entrepreneurs - Job Creation and Full-Time Positions (AFM Update AD 09-04)" - June 17, 2009 View/Download PDF
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Legacy INS Memorandum, M. Pearson - "EB-5 Field Memorandum No. 9: Form I-829 Processing" - March 3, 2000 View/Download PDF
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USCIS Memorandum, W. Yates - "Amendments Affecting Adjudication of Petitions for Alien Entrepreneur" - June 10, 2003 View/Download PDF
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EB-5 Adjudications Policy Memorandum View/Download PDF
Form I-526, Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur View/Download PDF
Form I-526 InstructionsForm I-526 Instructions View/Download PDF
Form G-1145, Electronic Notification of Application/Petition Acceptance View/Download PDF
Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status View/Download PDF
Form I-485 Instructions View/Download PDF
Form I-829, Petition by Entrepreneur to Remove Conditions View/Download PDF
Form I-829 Instructions View/Download PDF
Form I-131, Application for Travel Document View/Download PDF
Source and Path of Lawfully-Obtained Investment Funds
Copy of 8 CFR § 204.6 (j)(3)
States that in order for the petitioner to show that he or she is actively investing capital obtained by lawful means, the I-526 petition must be accompanied by one of the following four items:
Corporate, partnership, or similar business entity, and personal tax returns including income, franchise, or property tax filed within 5 years with any taxing jurisdiction in or outside the U.S.;
Certified copies of judgments or evidence of all pending governmental civil or criminal actions, governmental administrative proceedings, and any private civil actions involving monetary judgments against the petitioner from any court in or outside the United States within the past 15 years.
Although the four items stated in the regulation are listed in the disjunctive, USCIS will expect to see all documents that apply in any of the four categories.
8 CFR § 103.2 (b)(3)
States that all supporting documents that are not in English must be accompanied by a certified English translation. View/Download PDF
USCIS Training Materials