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3/5/2010 As broadcast on NPR Friday, March 5, 2010, the EB-5 visa offers permanent residency to immigrants in return for a half a million dollar investment into an American business, creating at least 10 new jobs in the process.
3/4/2010 President Obama signed the ‘Travel Promotion Act’ into law on March 4, 2010. This Act creates a $10.00 fee for visitors to the USA that are citizens of Visa Waiver Countries (VWP Countries) for application of ESTA (valid for 2 years). Although a date to start collection this fee has not been announced, the Act calls for fee collection to begin within 6 months. Apply now without a fee and the ESTA will be valid for 2 years from issue or passport expiration.
2/22/2010 David Morris, Esq. co-authored article “Realizing the Economic-developmment Goals of EB5 Through an Integrated Targeted Employment Area Definition” in Bender’s Immigration Bulletin (Vol. 14, No 20. Oct 15, 2009). The key enhancement introduced in the article now appears in U.S. Congressman Polis bill seeking to modify EB-5 visa program.
2/19/2010 Blizzard is over and Visa Law Group is back open. After being closed all last week due to the record setting 55 inches of snow and +50 mph winds here in Washington DC (broke snowfall set back in 1899) we are back open. The storm not only closed our offices but also closed the federal government last week as well as airports, schools and even the metro. So thank you for your patience as we catch up on e-mail and phone messages. Check out this Washington Post story.
2/5/2010 The Department of State has issued the March 2010 Visa Bulletin for all preference categories. For example, EB3 preference category for all chargeability is backlogged about 7 years, with a current priority date of December 15, 2002.
2/1/2010 According to a recent Washington Post article, as President Obama vows to refocus Democrats' attention on jobs and the economy, advocates for overhauling the nation's immigration laws say they are still gearing up for a battle in the Senate in coming weeks, despite fading hopes for victory.
1/29/2010 Finding Cases of Visa Fraud. Ever wonder what the USCIS officer is thinking during a visa interview to determine if a case is possibly fraudulent? Attached find a copy of the USCIS “Fraud Referral Sheet” which lists many of the factors the agency considers – including extreme nervousness, lack of knowledge about basic questions, eye contact, evasive answers, among a long list of others.
1/17/2010 As detailed in a recent article in The Advocate, after years of waiting for permanent resident status, Pavlenko turned age 21 before the federal immigration authorities finished processing his application. Now he may be forced to return to the Ukraine, where he no longer has any family. This should not be his problem.
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David Morris, Esq. co-authored article “Realizing the Economic-developmment Goals of EB5 Through an Integrated Targeted Employment Area Definition” in Bender’s Immigration Bulletin (Vol. 14, No 20. Oct 15, 2009). The key enhancement introduced in the article now appears in U.S. Congressman Polis bill seeking to modify EB-5 visa program.
David M. Morris, Esq. was interviewed for Sunday's The Washington Post article "Immigrants Invest in U.S. Businesses in Exchange For Visas" exploring the EB-5 investor visa (Green Card) program. (January 10, 2010). For more information on the EB-5 program contact David via e-mail at Morris@VisaLawGroup.com
EB-5 Investor Visa News: David Morris, Esq. of Visa Law Group was selected to serve as a distinguished speaker in three presentations covering advanced topics in EB-5 law. On October 19th, David was a co-panelist on “Deconstructing AAO Precedent Decisions” in the “Advanced Issues” portion of the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s (AILA) first ever EB-5 investor Conference held in San Francisco. On December 17th, David was a panelist on the “Investors for Experts” national EB-5 seminar hosted by ILW, the leading immigration law publisher of Immigration Daily. On December 9th, David was a co-speaker on “Investor Options for Beginners” also hosted by ILW.

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