EB-5 immigration attorney Taher Kameli is the principal of the Law Offices of Kameli & Associates, an immigration law firm serving the greater Chicago area. He has a proven successful track record and extensive experience in immigration law, particularly regarding the EB-5 visa and E-2 visa processes. Attorney Kameli’s clients include private individuals, entrepreneurs, national and international corporations, and foreign governments and entities.
Kameli & Associates prides itself on providing pragmatic and cost effective counsel, while adhering to the highest quality of representation for each client. The knowledgeable and experienced attorneys at Kameli & Associates forge quality relationships with each client. These relationships result in a full level of understanding that better enables the clients’ objectives and goals to be met and exceeded. In fact, Kameli & Associates’ ability to exceed its clients’ goals has resulted in numerous referrals for its services from past clients and from other legal professionals from across the United States.
Attorney Kameli has worked on more than 4,000 cases throughout his career. He has been successful in obtaining hundreds of nonimmigrant and immigrant visas. He has also successfully represented hundreds of companies before federal and state courts. Attorney Kameli is a visiting business law professor at Aurora University and is the president and CEO of a prosperous international healthcare corporation.
Attorney Kameli earned his bachelor’s degree from the State University of New York, Stony Brook and his law degree from Washburn University School of Law. He is licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois, Washington, D.C., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth and Seventh Circuits, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and the United States Supreme Court.
Answers to EB-5 73 Questions Answered
- When can EB-5 funds be used during a project?
- What is needed to complete my I-829 petition?
- How can my business become an EB-5 Regional Center?
- How can I apply for EB-5 visa if I have an F-1 student visa?
- Is a Regional Center a global location or domestic U.S. location?
- What are regional center regulations on finding EB-5 investors?
- Do I need an attorney to apply for an EB-5 visa?
- Can you recoup your EB-5 investment if your green card is denied?
- Can I use EB-5 investment capital to invest in a holding company?
- What are the most common problems that EB-5 visa applicants face?
- Do all immigrant investors have to invest through EB-5 Regional Centers?
- Can funds from a parent in the U.S. be used for an EB-5 visa?
- What is the processing time for the I-526 application?
- Can investors from Vietnam participate in the EB-5 visa program?
- Does USCIS give a receipt upon receiving EB-5 visa materials?
- Can I maintain my green card petition after a failed EB-5 project?
- Will I have to manage my EB-5 project from inside the United States?
- How much capital needs to be initially deposited with the Regional Center?
- Can a secured loan be used to fund an EB5 visa investment?
- Do I need to declare taxes on an EB-5 investment that was gifted from my parents?
- Are EB-5 visas still being issued?
- Can you leave the country with a pending I-526 petition?
- Can an EB-5 Investment be made in a 501(c)3 non-profit?
- Can EB-5 investors fund residential development?
- What kind of attorney do I need to create an EB-5 Regional Center?
- What is the processing time for the I-526 Petition?
- Can you attract EB-5 investors outside of a Targeted Employment Area?
- Will I have to go to an embassy interview to get an EB-5 visa?
- Does the entire EB-5 investment amount have to be made before filing the I-526?
- How do I know whether or not an EB-5 project is part of a Regional Center?
- Could a healthcare provider raise capital through the EB-5 program?
- How much are EB-5 attorney fees?
- Is there an age limit for the EB-5 Visa Program?
- Why is it difficult to get an EB-5 troubled business approved?
- How do we find EB-5 investors?
- Will placing investors on an advisory board satisfy the direct management EB-5 visa requirements?
- Can multiple people pool their funds and talent to set up an EB-5 Regional Center?
- How can investors from Middle Eastern tax free havens participate in the EB-5 program?
- How can I determine if my EB-5 project will qualify for TEA designation?
- Can I use a gift to get my EB-5 visa?
- What is the restriction on the number of Chinese EB-5 applicants?
- Is an equity or debt investment better for the EB-5 visa program?
- How can you prove source of funds for gifts in the EB-5 program?
- Can my wife and I used combined funds for the EB-5 Visa Program?
- Which family members can qualify for an EB-5 immigrant investor visa?
- Can I stay in the U.S. while going through the EB-5 program?
- What are the EB-5 visa investment requirements?
- How long does it take to get a green card from the EB-5 program?
- How do I start the EB-5 Program application?
- How are brokers and consultants involved in the EB-5 process?
- Can EB-5 investments purchase securities of a Non-Traded REIT?
- Can I bring my family to the United States if I get an EB-5 visa?
- Can I apply for the EB-5 visa program if I overstayed my previous visa?
- Do I have to maintain U.S. residence to get an EB-5 visa?
- How can I determine EB-5 attorney success rates?
- How many EB-5 visas are granted by the USCIS each year?
- What are the current EB-5 Regional Centers?
- Do the funds for an EB-5 Visa have to be personally owned by the entrepreneur?
- Can investments in apartments qualify for the EB-5 visa program?
- How do I know which EB-5 Regional Centers and projects are reliable?
- Is there usually a return on EB-5 investments?
- How can I find out if a Regional Center is in a Targeted Employment Area (TEA)?
- How are Seasonal Employees counted towards job creation in the EB-5 Visa Program?
- Can investments made in multiple projects qualify for the EB-5 Visa Program?
- Do EB-5 visa investors get their investments back from the Regional Center?
- How are fired employees counted towards EB-5 job creation requirements?
- Should I apply for immigration through a K visa instead of an EB-5 visa?
- Are there EB-5 Regional Centers in the biotechnology or pharmaceutical sectors?