Recently, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services proposed a significant increase in immigration application visa fees, which has triggered a price increase in U.S. investment immigration EB-5 that resembles a butterfly effect. The highly anticipated EB-5 price increase has quickly become a hot topic of discussion in the investment immigration industry, akin to the arrival of a major earthquake.
In addition to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' proposed fee increase (related basis link on the USCIS official website: https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/federal-register-comment-period-proposed-uscis-fee-schedule), there are also reports indicating that during a recent EB-5 conference call, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services stated that new EB-5 policies are expected to be released this summer, which include raising the minimum investment amount to $800,000 and changing the designation of targeted employment areas. Jeh Johnson from the Department of Homeland Security also mentioned in a letter to Congress that if Congress does not decide to increase the investment amount, the Department of Homeland Security will take measures to raise prices on its own. This also means that the EB-5 price increase may indeed occur sooner than expected.
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Official Website has announced a proposed increase in application fees for the fiscal year 2016
Worldway Immigration experts remind investors that in light of the numerous rumors regarding the EB-5 price increase in the market, it is better to err on the side of caution, as it is a hard truth that immigration should be done sooner rather than later. Once the U.S. investment immigration EB-5 investment amount is raised to $800,000, there will undoubtedly be a rush for EB-5 quotas before the price increase deadline of September 30. Especially with the current backlog and warning of delays, investors must act early, apply early, and invest early to avoid the peak application period, potential policy changes, price increases, and other uncertainties such as TEA reforms. Of course, investors should also carefully manage the risks associated with EB-5 projects, prioritizing those that have been approved, with low investment and repayment risks, ample job creation, and are not affected by EB-5 policy changes and TEA reforms, particularly high-quality EB-5 projects located near major metropolitan areas.
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