Daniel A Zeft

About Daniel A Zeft

Daniel A. Zeft is an EB-5 immigration attorney based in Chicago. He has significant experience with EB-5 matters. Zeft has practiced exclusively U.S. immigration law for more than 25 years. The focus of Zeft’s practice is immigration law matters related to the employment or investment of foreign nationals in the United States.

Zeft has done significant work in the area of EB-5 investment immigration. Zeft represents EB-5 foreign national investors. He also advises and represents U.S. business people who desire to establish a new EB-5 Regional Center or who seek to use the EB-5 mechanism to raise capital. Since 2007, Zeft has been a member of the trade association of the EB-5 Regional Centers.

In 2023, Zeft has focused on representing EB-5 investors who are citizens of India. He represents Indian investors for the concurrent filing of the EB-5 immigrant investor petition and the adjustment of status application when the EB-5 investor is maintaining valid legal status in the United States and other legal requirements can be satisfied.

Zeft represents EB-5 investors who are citizens of all countries. In addition, he represents foreign nationals for E-2 investor visa cases when the foreign national investor seeks to establish a business in the United States and there is the required treaty between the United States and the country of citizenship of the foreign national investor.

When he represents EB-5 investors from China or Taiwan, Zeft is assisted by a native of China who is a professional interpreter and translator. With the involvement of the interpreter/translator, Zeft can communicate with clients by telephone or in person in Mandarin Chinese and he can also communicate with clients by email in simplified Chinese characters or traditional Chinese characters.

When he represents EB-5 investors from Russia, Zeft is assisted by a native of Belarus who is a professional interpreter and translator. With the involvement of the interpreter/translator, Attorney Zeft can communicate with clients by telephone or in person in Russian and he can also communicate with clients by email in Russian.

Zeft has spoken on EB-5 law topics to groups of potential EB-5 investors and migration agents.

Zeft received degrees from Princeton University (A.B., 1990), Indiana University School of Law – Bloomington (J.D., 1993) and George Washington University Law School (LL.M., 1996). Since 1997, he has been a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). Zeft has served on local and national committees of AILA. From 2006 to 2009, he was an adjunct faculty member at the Indiana University School of Law – Bloomington where he taught immigration law. Zeft has also spoken on immigration law topics to groups of business people, attorneys, and international educators through the United States and in Europe.