The USCIS website says that in August it will only accept a new edition of the EB-5 I-829 petition. What is the difference between the new Form I-829 and the old version? Does the new edition have different requirements for EB-5 investors?
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Julia Roussinova
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyRequirements for removal of conditions remain the same. USCIS does update certain forms from time to time and may add additional questions or attestations.
Ed Beshara
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyThe I-829 petition, whether new or old, will need to show the EB-5 investor's funds were sustained in the job creating entity and the required number of jobs were created.
Robert Lee
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyIt just means they updated the form. The requirements are still the same.
Ian E Scott
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyUSCIS regularly updates forms and they only allow the old version of the form to be used up to a certain date. If you file using the old form, they will reject it. USCIS always has the most recent version of their forms on their website.
Lynne Feldman
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyThe requirements are the same; the attestations are more onerous and more information is collected by USCIS.
John J Downey
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyTo the best of my knowledge there are no significant changes. For some reason the bureaucracy simply wants to keep changing the forms with little or no significant differences.
Fredrick W Voigtmann
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyThe legal requirements for an I-829 and removal of the two-year condition have not changed. The petition/application forms used by USCIS are updated from time to time for efficiency and for information gathering purposes.
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