About BoBi Ahn
BoBi Ahn is an EB-5 attorney at her own New York-based law firm, Ahn Law Group, LLC. She has practiced immigration and nationality law for more than 20 years. During this time, she has represented renowned organizations, including the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Goldman Sachs, P&O Nedlloyd, and BNP Paribas, with their employment and business related immigration issues. Her experience comprises all areas of immigration law, including EB-5 visas, visa processing, family-based immigration, and employment-based immigration. For over a decade, she has served as the corporate counsel and vice president of an information technology firm that is headquartered in the United States, with offices in Europe and Asia. She was also the chief counsel and chief operating officer for an immigration services company.
Attorney Ahn focuses her practice and expertise solely on business immigration law. Her clients include individuals and multinational corporations working and doing business in the United States in a wide array of industries, including financial services, technology, entertainment, hospitality, real estate, health care services, education, and digital media. She has worked extensively with corporate clients, along with their foreign national employees, throughout all phases of the employment immigration process, including the transfer of foreign national managers, executives, investors, professionals, and even performing artists into the United States. Attorney Ahn also represents foreign business owners seeking to immigrate to the United States to manage and establish U.S. operations, thereby taking their business global. Furthermore, she represents clients in naturalization matters, such as advising on the relinquishment or retention of permanent resident status.
A member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Attorney Ahn is also admitted to practice law within the states of Massachusetts and New York. She earned her law degree from Boston’s Suffolk University Law School, and is completely fluent in both English and Korean.
Answers to EB-5 1541 Questions Answered
- How will multiple F-1 visa denials impact my eligibility for an EB-5 visa?
- What is the minimum percentage of equities an EB-5 investor should buy?
- Should I file for writ of mandamus for my I-526 pending for two years?
- How can we get back our EB-5 investment?
- How long does it take to process an EB-5-based I-485?
- Can I still enter the U.S. with my EB-5 visa in face of the Trump immigration ban？
- How does the Trump Immigration Ban affect my EB-5 process?
- How can I include my daughter in my EB-5 petition?
- Do I need sponsorship for work permit if my I-526 has been approved?
- Can EB-5 investors file marriage-based green card application for spouses?
- How can I apply for EB-3 as a conditional permanent resident?
- How will the travel ban affect my EB-5 visa application?
- Can I get green card as an EB-5 dependent if the petition is filed one day before I turn 21?
- How can I get an extension for my EB-5 visa?
- Can I withdrawal my investment when I-829 is pending?
- Does USCIS pay on-site visit to EB-5 direct investment businesses?
- Can I file a DS-260 while fulfilling the J1 waiver requirements?
- Am I still subject to the OPT rules if I have filed an EB-5-based I-485?
- How can I extend my driver’s license with a pending I-829?
- Are there any differences in the physical presence requirements for the principal applicants and for dependents in an EB-5 case?
- Can I use the money earned from my gambling company for my EB-5 application?
- How could the travel ban impact EB-5 investors from impacted countries?
- What happens to the investors at the I-829 stage after their project goes bankrupt?
- When can I get an EB-5 visa interview after my priority date becomes current?
- How can investors use interchargeability at the I-526 stage?
- Is there a way to check the processing progress of I-526 applications?
- Can I extend H-1B visa beyond six years with a pending I-526?
- Do I-829 applicants need to report a change of address to USCIS?
- How can the public charge immigration rules impact EB-5 investors?
- How can small businesses attract EB-5 investors?
- Do I have to change information on DS-260 and police clearance certificate if I renew my passport?
- How can I correct information in my DS-260 form?
- How can I refile an I-485 application?
- How could the changes in I-526 adjudication process impact investors from backlogged countries?
- Does a dependent child lose his green card when he turns 21?
- What are the physical presence requirements for EB-5 investors who want to apply for naturalization?
- Will I be able to get the administration fee back if the regional center project fails?
- Will I lose my eligibility as an EB-5 dependent if I get married?
- How can I travel overseas with an EAD/AP card?
- Will my wife get a green card if I file an EB-5 application before we get married?
- Should I file an I-485 if my status in the U.S. will expire soon?
- How can I participate in the EB-5 program with an existing business?
- How can I travel with an H-1b visa and a pending advance parole application?
- Do I need to file U.S. taxes if I obtain a Schedule K-1 form from my regional center?
- With the new changes to I-526 processing, how can investors who could use cross-chargeability get green cards?
- How can I apply for I-485 before my parents get EB-5 visas?
- What is the progress of the S.386 bill?
- How long in advance can an EB-5 investor apply to extend his status with a pending I-829?
- What are the restrictions on medical conditions for potential immigrants?
- What is the common scope of services for an EB-5 immigration attorney?
- Should I apply for OPT if I already have an I-485-based EAD card?
- What could happen to my conditional green card if the EB-5 project fails?
- How can I study in the U.S. with a pending I-485 case?
- How many reentry permits can a green card holder get?
- How can I apply for an F-1 visa with an approved I-526?
- How can an international student use a lottery prize for EB-5?
- How can I use an EB-5 visa to travel abroad and reenter the U.S.?
- How can I apply for citizenship while my I-829 has been pending for over five years?
- Why is my I-485 case not assigned for processing after submission for several months?
- Do EB-5 dependents have to take the visa interview together with the principal applicants?
- How long does I-526 approval take for a direct investment?
- What should I do if my regional center gets terminated when my I-829 is pending?
- What are my options when the priority date is overdue?
- How can I transfer assets of a foreign company to the U.S. for my EB-5 application?
- Do I need to answer the newly added questions to the DS-260 form?
- How can EB-5 investors allocate their capital in a direct investment?
- Can I renew my passport if I already have my EB-5 visa interview scheduled?
- How can I accompany my minor child in the U.S. who has an F-1 visa if I have an approved I-526 application?
- What documents do we need to provide if my parents gift me money for my EB-5 application?
- What should I do about the inaccuracy of information in my DS-260 form?
- Do I have to go through consular processing if I am abroad when my EB-5 case gets approved?
- Do I still need an H-1b visa to stay in the U.S. if I have an approved I-526?
- How can I get information about the progress of my EB-5 case?
- How could a divorce impact the EB-5 investors who used cross chargeability to avoid the backlog?
- How can I travel abroad before a green card is issued?
- How can I use an established business for EB-5?
- How can I take investment from potential EB-5 investors?
- Should an Italian investor apply for an E-2 visa first while his EB-5 application is pending?
- When could an EB-5 investor receive an advance parole card after submitting an I-485 application?
- Under what circumstances is it necessary for a dependent applicant of I-526 to file an I-824 application?
- How can EB-5 dependents attend a visa interview if the principal applicant already gets a green card?
- How can I manage my EB-5 business with a visitor visa while waiting for my case to be approved?
- What are my options if the EB-5 project I invested in fails at the conditional green card stage?
- How could the new EB-5 rules impact the processing time of I-526 applications?
- Do I need to own at least 50% of a company to be eligible for the EB-5 direct investment program?
- What are the tax liabilities on the foreign assets of the EB-5 investors?
- How can we switch the principal applicant of an EB-5 case?
- How can DACA beneficiaries participate in the EB-5 program?
- How can I travel back to the U.S. without a re-entry permit after being outside the country for over six months?
- How can I correct a mistake on my DS-260 form?
- How does the government’s budget extension impact the modernization changes of the EB-5 program, which were set to start Thursday?
- What is the approximate cost and timeline of starting a regional center?
- Is the age of EB-5 dependent children still frozen after the approval of I-526 and before a visa interview?
- What happens to my application if one of the other proposed EB-5 reform acts gets passed after Nov. 21?
- How can I still successfully file an EB-5 application before Nov. 21?
- What is the timeline of obtaining a reentry permit?
- What is the standard range of return for EB-5 investors in a project where the EB-5 capital is structured as preferred equity?
- How can EB-5 investors use their shares in an EB-5 project for loans?
- How can I use capital earned from stocks for my EB-5 application?
- How should I respond to the questions regarding immigrant petition history on the DS-160 form if I have pending EB-5 and EB-2 petitions?
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