FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.), the largest independent regulator for all securities firms doing business in the United States, has published guidance for broker-dealers in performing due diligence on EB-5 securities offerings or "private placements." Read a summary by clicking on the URL below:
http://tinyurl.com/pappqva
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
10 requirements for an EB-5 compliant business plan
Great article written by some friends of mine. Highly recommended.
http://tinyurl.com/nzpdnlt
http://tinyurl.com/nzpdnlt
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Stuck in the mud and spinning away
"The '64 Skylark had a regular differential, which, anyone who's been stuck in the mud in Alabama knows, you step on the gas, one tire spins, the other tire does nothing." - Lisa Vito, as played by Oscar-winning actress Marisa Tomei in the 1992 movie "My Cousin Vinny"
The tire that's stuck in the mud is U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the tire that's spinning is the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO). How so?
The AAO issued two regional center decisions overturning the California Service Center's denial of an application to amend a regional center's geographic area and approved industries and an application for regional center designation by applying the May 30, 2013, EB-5 adjudications policy memo issued by -- who else? -- USCIS.
In the first case (decision dated June 12, 2013), the AAO wrote that because the May 30 memo no longer requires regional centers to file amendments to "amend" their geographic areas and approved industries, that application for five states in the Midwest and 12 more industries, was due to be approved.
In the second case (dated July 19, 2013), the AAO wrote that "verifiable detail" is not required because the May 30 memo now requires only "general predictions" with respect to job creation, capital investment, and timeframe for an EB-5 investment project. Federal law says that regional center applicants must submit a "general proposal".
True to form, USCIS is not following the law, its own regulations or policy guidance. So it's stuck in the mud.
The tire that's stuck in the mud is U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the tire that's spinning is the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO). How so?
The AAO issued two regional center decisions overturning the California Service Center's denial of an application to amend a regional center's geographic area and approved industries and an application for regional center designation by applying the May 30, 2013, EB-5 adjudications policy memo issued by -- who else? -- USCIS.
In the first case (decision dated June 12, 2013), the AAO wrote that because the May 30 memo no longer requires regional centers to file amendments to "amend" their geographic areas and approved industries, that application for five states in the Midwest and 12 more industries, was due to be approved.
In the second case (dated July 19, 2013), the AAO wrote that "verifiable detail" is not required because the May 30 memo now requires only "general predictions" with respect to job creation, capital investment, and timeframe for an EB-5 investment project. Federal law says that regional center applicants must submit a "general proposal".
True to form, USCIS is not following the law, its own regulations or policy guidance. So it's stuck in the mud.
FBI raids McAllen TX regional center
Regional center principals allegedly defrauded Mexican investors in a Ponzi scheme that took new investors' money to pay off earlier investors. See:
http://tinyurl.com/lklpxxh
http://tinyurl.com/lklpxxh
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