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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
