Friday 18 May 2018

Revocation of Guidance Concerning Tenant-Occupancy Methodology

The current administration of the United States has become a harsh face towards the immigration process, especially the immigrant investor (EB-5). The USCIS is now revising the guidelines of the investor visa cases which involves the tenant occupancy. Earlier, the tenant-occupancy methodologies were allowed by the USCIS Policy Manual. It is often used to show the investments and the jobs that were created to employ ten people indirectly.  But now the policymakers have determined that this particular visa is not achieving the results well or as per the prediction. Now, the USCIS will not entertain the tenant-occupancy models for filings on or after May 15, 2018. According to the recent news, the USCIS will entertain


  • Form I-526- Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur, and
  • Form I-829- Petition by Entrepreneur to Remove Conditions on Permanent Resident Status
  • Applications related to-
  • Absent material change
  • When directly related to previously approved projects
  • Fraud or misrepresentation, or legal deficiency of the prior determination.
It is important to mention here that this EB-5 visa was formed in the year 1990 by the Immigration Act of 1990. This was fifth most favorite visa category that was used by many people to immigrate with families lawfully. In this visa category, investors invested at least one million dollars and got the direct PR to the country. From the 1990 till now there were certain changes that were made to improve and increase the transparency in the visa. It helped US greatly in becoming financially and economically stronger.

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Choosing the best immigration attorney in New Jersey is necessary because they are the professionals who know each and everything. They know the details of each clause of each visa category. The attorneys have the in-depth knowledge of the immigration laws. A normal person doesn't know the small tricks and importance of the information that we don't want to disclose to the immigration firms. Hiring the best immigration lawyer can reduce the chances of rejection or denial the visa. Before applying for the specific visa, the immigration firms check each and every point of the form. As they have an experienced and expert team to check file the case in the proper manner. 

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