Darren Silver is the founding partner of Darren Silver & Associates, LLP. With over 25 years of experience exclusively in U.S. immigration, Silver has contributed to the EB-5 community by successfully filing over 5,000 EB-5 applications. His firm represents investors through I-526 petitions, I-829 removal of conditional green card applications, and other related EB-5 filings.
Before founding his firm, Silver was employed by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). As part of his duties within the U.S. immigration agency, he audited policy guidelines and assisted in creating field guides that are still used today.
In addition, he has consistently been awarded as a Top EB-5 Immigration Attorney in the country, as published by EB-5 Investors Magazine, and by Super Lawyers for the past seven consecutive years.
Silver is a member of the Association to Invest in USA (IIUSA) EB-5 Regional Center Association, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the American Bar Association, the California Bar Association, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, and the Beverly Hills Bar Association, Order of Distinguished Attorneys.
Answers to EB-5 51 Questions Answered
- How often can I travel out of the U.S. with my greencard?
- When is the best time to apply for the EB-5 visa?
- Is there a limit to the number of dependents in an EB-5 application?
- How long should verifying the source of funding take?
- How long is taking USCIS to process a I-131 travel petition?
- How can investing in a warehouse qualify as an EB-5 investment?
- How can a restaurant qualify as an EB-5 project?
- How can I stay in the U.S. while my adjustment of status pends?
- How to choose between rural and high unemployment projects?
- Should I apply to EB-5 before my TN visa expires or renew?
- What are the residency requirements for a direct EB-5 investor?
- How can I qualify for an EB-5 visa by partially using an unsecured loan?
- How should I file my EB-5 application to protect my Chinese spouse from long wait times?
- What happened with the EB-5 Direct Investment program after the reauthorization?
- Who is eligible to file for adjustment of status of i-485 based on a pending I-526?
- How can I convert my H1b to an EB-5 visa?
- What advantages are there for a direct EB-5 investor to apply before the end of the year?
- Do investments made before my EB-5 application count?
- What is the priority date of an EB-5 I-485 application?
- How likely is it that USCIS will issue a project-related RFE at the I-526 stage in an exemplar project?
- What should I do if I-829 form has not been submitted by my attorney when the conditional green card expires?
- How would I show source of EB-5 funds for lottery winnings?
- What are the residence restrictions at the beginning of the EB-5 process?
- How can I transfer and L-1 visa to an EB-5 visa?
- How would an EB-5 regional center diverting funds affect an I-829 petition?
- What is the process for permanent residency to U.S. citizenship?
- Does the applicant need to physically live in the United States for the entire EB-5 process?
- What sort of business can I invest in for EB-5?
- How will an expired F1 visa affect my I-526 petition?
- How can I apply for EB-5 visa if I have an F-1 student visa?
- Can I use rental income for the EB-5 Program?
- What is the difference between Regional Center and a direct investment?
- What is a conditional green card?
- What are the most common problems that EB-5 visa applicants face?
- Do all immigrant investors have to invest through EB-5 Regional Centers?
- What is the processing time for the I-526 application?
- Can funds from a parent in the U.S. be used for an EB-5 visa?
- Will I have to go to an embassy interview to get an EB-5 visa?
- Where can I find a list of EB-5 projects?
- Can I use a gift to get my EB-5 visa?
- Can people from any country get an EB-5 visa?
- How do I know which EB-5 Regional Centers have approved I-829s?
- Do you have to live near the EB-5 Regional Center that you invest in?
- Can I stay in the U.S. while going through the EB-5 program?
- Which family members can qualify for an EB-5 immigrant investor visa?
- How long does it take to get a green card from the EB-5 program?
- How do I know which EB-5 Regional Center I can invest in?
- How can I determine EB-5 attorney success rates?
- Is there usually a return on EB-5 investments?
- Do EB-5 visa investors get their investments back from the Regional Center?
- Are there EB-5 Regional Centers in the biotechnology or pharmaceutical sectors?
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How to Successfully Plan and Fulfill the EB-5 Job Creation Requirements
Job creation is a key element to successfully removing conditions on an EB-5 investor’s Conditional Permanent Resident status. It is important to understand how job creation was presented when the I-526 application was approved and also to evaluate how these changes may impact I-829 petitions given United States Citizenship and Immigration Services' current job creation policy.
Darren Silver