My wife is the principal applicant for EB-5, and I am the principal applicant for EB-1. We both will be on the application of each other. My company is applying for my EB-1, and it would be great if I could use our EB-5 priority date. How can I make this happen?
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Julia Roussinova
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyYou cannot port EB-5 to EB-1.
Daniel A Zeft
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyThis is not necessary because EB-1 does not have backlogs now.
Lynne Feldman
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyYou cannot recapture the Priority Date of your spouse but EB-1s are usually pretty close to current.
Micol Mion Gordon
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyYou cannot use the priority date from an EB-5 petition for an EB-1, EB-2, EB-3 or EB-4.
Bernard P Wolfsdorf
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyYou cannot port an EB-5 priority date to an EB-1. You can port from EB-1 to EB-2 or EB-3, and vice versa, but not to an EB-5.
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