About Raymond Lahoud
Immigration Attorney Raymond G. Lahoud is a partner at Norris McLaughlin, P.A. While Lahoud serves clients globally, he works primarily at the law firm’s offices in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
As chairman of Norris McLaughlin’s immigration practice, Lahoud oversees a team of employer immigration auditors, immigration attorneys, immigration review and compliance experts, as well as paralegals and legal assistants. Lahoud has experience working with immigrant and non-immigrant visas, including EB-5 investor visas, citizenship and naturalization claims, immigration waivers, and deportation defense.
Lahoud focuses on immigration and deportation defense for families and individuals, including students, professors, researchers, skilled professionals, athletes, and entertainers. He also works with domestic and international businesses and corporations, employers, employees, and investors. Lahoud serves clients in various industries, including healthcare, education, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, economic development, real estate, warehousing and distribution, and talent recruitment. He also advises governmental agencies, nonprofit organizations, and religious groups.
Before joining Norris McLaughlin, Lahoud was an immigration lawyer with Baurkot & Baurkot in Pennsylvania for seven years.
Lahoud is a member of the New York Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, American Bar Association, American Immigration Lawyers Association, American Association for Justice, and American Civil Liberties Union. Lahoud has received the Empire State Pro Bono Counsel Award several years and the Martindale-Hubbell Platinum Client Champion Award, which recognizes lawyers for delivering excellent client service. He has been named a Rising Star by Super Lawyers and a Top-rated Immigration Attorney in the New York Metro Area. In 2017, he was featured in an NBC News special: Daily Life with an Immigration Attorney.
Lahoud graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree from Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. He received his Juris Doctor (JD) from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C.
Answers to EB-5 318 Questions Answered
- How can my son pursue an education in the United States if his EB-5 I-526 is not approved on time?
- How can I change my conditional EB-5 green card to a permanent EB-1C green card?
- How will marrying a U.S. citizen affect my conditional EB-5 status?
- How will the denial of my EB-5 I-526 impact my I-485 application that I concurrently filed?
- What should I do if the address change for my EB-5 form I-829 dependents is not accepted online?
- How can I speed up my second consular interview for my EB-5 visa?
- How can I withdraw an I-526 petition that has not been approved yet?
- How can I apply for a I-485 for EB-5 while on a visitor visa in the USA?
- My I-526 has been pending for over 4 years, what can I do with my EB-5 application?
- When should I file a writ of mandamus in my EB-5 case?
- Can I apply for an EB-5 visa while having a pending asylum to the United States?
- How can we withdraw a direct EB-5 I-526 petition?
- How long will an I-526 approval take after RFE for my EB-5 petition?
- How can my direct EB-5 visa investment amount be paid at the time of filing my petition?
- Since the EB-5 regional center program has lapsed, is it reasonable for us to redeploy to keep the money as "at-risk" investment?
- What happens to the Mandamus after my I-829 was denied for my EB-5 visa?
- How will my medical condition impact by EB-5 green card application?
- When can I expect a response to my RFE for my EB-5 I-526 petition?
- How can I do direct EB-5 with a VC type investment as a gift if its in a TEA?
- What is the criteria for direct EB-5 full time job creation?
- What is the travel risk for an EB-5 investor with approved combo card: I-131 and I-765?
- How can I as an Indian national solve this issue that I can only transfer $250,000 a year from India for my EB-5 application?
- What are my EB-5 options after my I-829 was denied after pending for years?
- How can I renew my immigration visa when the EB-5 regional center program is not reauthorized?
- How can I stay in the US and continue to receive I-551 stamps when my I-829 was denied because of fraud?
- What does it mean for me as an EB-5 investor that the DOJ has removed the case quota for immigration judges?
- How can we submit an additional 290b if my I-829 was denied for EB-5?
- When should I apply for EB-5 if I am currently in the US on an E-2?
- How can I expedite my consular processing for my EB-5 petition?
- How should I file my I-765, through STEM OPT extension or through AOS that is pending?
- How can I travel outside the country on advance parole with an expired passport?
- With an approved I-526 in January 2021, what can I do to get my EB-5 approved when the program is not reauthorized?
- How can we make our business an EB-5 investment?
- How can I change the EB-5 interview location to my home country after I submitted DS-260?
- Are permanent residents from EB-5 protected by US law and government in a foreign country?
- How can I determine a TEA location for my EB-5 direct investment?
- Is it worth filing a mandamus in our EB-5 case to prevent our child from aging out?
- How can we stay in the country while we appeal our EB-5 case to a federal immigration court?
- How do I get the extension from 18 months to 24 months for my I-797 for EB-5?
- How should EB-5 applicants answer questions about immigration petition filing on the DS-160 form for their H1b visa stamping?
- What is the direct EB-5 job creation timeline?
- How do I as a hospitality company find EB-5 direct investors?
- How long is the RFE processing times for EB-5?
- How can I obtain an EB-5 green card funded with a loan?
- What happens with my status since my I-829 receipt expires soon and I am unable to schedule an info pass appointment?
- How likely is it that the EB-5 regional center program will be reauthorized by the end of 2021?
- How will the lapse in the EB-5 regional center program affect the waiting times for direct EB-5 cases?
- Am I still on a normal processing time for my EB-5 visa?
- WILL THE NVC KEEP PROCESSING EB-5 VISA APPLICATIONS BASED ON APPROVED REGIONAL CENTER EB-5 PETITIONS?
- Since the EB-5 RC reauthorization has lapsed, will USCIS adjudicate AP Combo Card applications while putting I-485 applications on-hold?
- Why am I getting an EB-5 visa interview in July when the EB-5 regional center program is expired?
- Do I file a DS-260 form or an I-485 form for my EB-5 application if my kids are already studying in the U.S.?
- How will it impact future visa applications if my visa was revoked due to EB-5 fraud?
- How can I file an EB-3 based 10-year green card when I already have an EB-5 based conditional green card?
- How can I change my consular processing location for EB-5?
- Can I add my spouse to my EB-5 application later if I indicated "No" to "Applying for Visa Abroad" in I-526?
- How can I change the location of my EB-5 interview?
- My I-526 was approved in December but USCIS still has not sent my EB-5 case to the NVC. What can I do?
- How can I travel overseas while waiting for my EB-5 biometrics appointment for my I-485?
- As an EB-5 investor with an approved I-526, what happens now when the company I invested in went bankrupt due to COVID?
- At what point in the EB-5 process can we get our investment back?
- What would happen with pending investors if the EB-5 program is not reauthorized?
- Why are the I-485 processing times for EB-5 so long?
- What can I do with my EB-5 application if my CSPA request was not eligible?
- How can we as EB-5 investors use the address of a friend or relative for a re-entry permit application?
- Our approved EB-5 I-526 was sent to NVC by mistake, but is it possible to file the I-485 now or do we have to wait for a fee bill?
- Do I need to pay U.S. taxes while on a conditional green card?
- How is job creation by multi-level marketing considered for EB-5 purposes?
- How can my minor daughter and son apply for EB-5?
- How long does it generally take to receive green cards in the mail after entering the U.S.?
- When can EB-5 applicants enjoy in-state tuition?
- How can I withdraw my EB-5 regional center petition and get the investment back?
- How can I file an I-941 international entrepreneur parole petition if I have a pending I-526?
- When could the new EB-5 reform be announced?
- When do I receive biometrics after I file the I-131 travel document?
- How do I travel right after the EB-5 consular interview?
- My child aged out due to a wrong I-526 form filed by my immigration attorney. What options do I have?
- How can I use online money transfer service statements as proof for source of funds for EB-5?
- How can I provide proof that the direct EB-5 enterprise is established in a targeted employment area?
- How can I convert my E-2 business to an EB-5 project?
- How can I re-enter the U.S. as an F-1 visa holder after filing my DS-260?
- How will the travel ban impact my EB-5 application?
- How can I stay in the U.S. with an expired OPT extension but a pending I-526?
- What are the requirements to prove the creation of 10 jobs for direct EB-5 investments?
- How do multiple investors maintain active roles in a direct investment?
- When do project offering documents for an EB-5 project need to be updated?
- How can I invest in EB-5 with currency from my home country?
- How can I return to the U.S. with an expired EB-5 visa?
- How will an E-2 visa help my EB-5 application?
- How can an EB-5 dependent get travel authorization without an I-829 notice?
- How quickly do EB-5 funds have to be redeployed after the loan is repaid to maintain investors'' "at risk" status?
- How can I make both my wives dependents on my EB-5 application?
- What is the process for USCIS to review the response to an RFE?
- How can I prove EB-5 source of funds with a mortgage secured by inherited real estate?
- How can I change the location for consular interview?
- How can an EB-5 dependent obtain a conditional green card separately from the main applicant?
- How can I apply for EB-5 if I have a pending I-130?
- How do different categories of projects influence regional center designation?
- How can I remain in status and be free to travel outside the U.S. during an I-829 appeal?
- How can an adopted child by an EB-5 dependent spouse be qualified as child of the main applicant?
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