EB5 application

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For Indian EB-5 investors in the Unreserved category, no new green card approvals will be issued until the new fiscal year begins. 

While the appeals move forward, the $100,000 H-1B application fee remains in effect but the USCIS policies targeting the 39 travel ban nations are inactive.

The prompt approval of EB-5 projects highlights increasing opportunities in the EB-5 visa program.

For Indian EB-5 applicants currently in the pipeline, an “Unavailable” status immediately freezes final approvals in the U.S. and abroad.

While the ruling instantly drops upfront sponsorship costs back to pre-fee rates, this financial relief could be short-lived if the U.S. government appeals.

While some early reports suggested that the court had struck down the Administration’s travel ban itself, that is not what happened.

The ruling said these policies had left green card, work permit, and citizenship applications from these nationals in an indefinite limbo.

The request came the same week USCIS said most adjustment of status applicants must return to their home country to complete the process.

What foreign investors with citizenship-by-investment passports need to understand before pursuing U.S. entry.