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EB-5 stand-alone petitions and EB-5 regional center petitions: which one makes sense for my project?

05/23/13

By    Mona Shah, Esq. & Yi Song, Esq. . An EB-5 investment can take one of two forms.  The investor can invest in a free-standing project, often termed as “the stand-alone EB-5”/ “Direct EB-5” or the investor can make his/ her investment through a “regional center”, which is an economic unit, public or private, that [...]

Stateside Waivers: Not Everyone Benefits

03/09/13

On March 4, 2013, USCIS started to accept provisional unlawful presence waiver applications  for certain immigrant visa applicants who are the spouses, children, and parents of U.S. citizens (i.e. “immediate relatives”). The provisional unlawful presence waiver process allows illegal foreign nationals in the U.S., who only need a waiver of inadmissibility for unlawful presence, to [...]

Is the Statutory Right To Judicial Review Extinguished When The Government Denies Naturalization And Institutes Removal Proceedings?

12/18/12

By Lory Rosenberg, Esq. – Of Counsel to Mona Shah & Associates A petition for a writ of certiorari to the Eleventh Circuit filed on November 15, 2012 in HONG HUANG, a.k.a. Linda Huang v. SECRETARY U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY  may provide a vehicle to resolve the circuit split over federal court jurisdiction that [...]