Investor Background
Mr. Z, an investor born in Hong Kong, immigrated to the United States in early 2017 through the EB-5 project for the Pendry San Diego hotel, which was represented by WorldWay. The client's I-526 petition was filed on April 10, 2017, and on May 1, 2018, he received the interview notice for the U.S. Consulate General in Guangzhou issued by the National Visa Center (NVC).
As is well known, EB-5 applicants currently need to go through a series of procedures from filing the I-526 petition to receiving an interview notice, including the USCIS adjudication of the I-526 petition, waiting for the NVC fee payment notice, and filing and waiting for the approval of the DS-260 form.
The current average processing time for I-526 petitions announced by USCIS ranges from 25 to 32.5 months. In addition, applicants born in mainland China face a long EB-5 visa waiting period after their I-526 petition is approved and before they receive an interview notice from the U.S. Consulate General in Guangzhou. So, how was WorldWay client Mr. Z able to complete the entire process from filing the I-526 petition to receiving the interview notice in just one year?
1. EB-5 visa applicants born in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan do not need to wait for visa scheduling
The U.S. Department of State allocates approximately 10,000 visas to the EB-5 immigrant category each year, and each country or region receives a certain percentage of priority visa quotas. The priority visa quotas for Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan are independent of mainland China. The visa bulletin published by the U.S. Department of State shows that currently, only EB-5 investors born in mainland China and Vietnam face visa scheduling. EB-5 applicants born in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan do not need to wait for visa scheduling.
In addition, the law stipulates that in an EB-5 visa application family, as long as either the husband or wife (whether the principal applicant or the derivative applicant) does not need to wait for visa scheduling, all family members can bypass the visa scheduling through the "Cross-Chargeability" mechanism to quickly obtain a consulate interview notice and land in the United States. Mr. Z's wife, who was born in mainland China, benefited from the visa "Cross-Chargeability" mechanism, thereby bypassing the visa scheduling and obtaining the interview notice from the U.S. Consulate General in Guangzhou together with her husband.
2. Successfully selecting an EB-5 project with exemplar approval to quickly obtain I-526 petition approval
When USCIS adjudicates an I-526 petition, it follows the principle of "deference" and will not re-adjudicate project documents that have already been approved during the exemplar application period, thereby accelerating the investor's I-526 petition to a certain extent. It was with a sharp eye that Mr. Z selected the Pendry San Diego hotel project, which had already received exemplar approval and was carefully selected by WorldWay, from among thousands of EB-5 projects.
In addition, WorldWay's professional documentation team provides professional oversight for the investor's personal investment documents, thereby helping the investor's I-526 petition to be approved quickly. Mr. Z's I-526 petition took only 5 months from filing to approval, which is far shorter than the average I-526 petition processing time announced by USCIS.
(Screenshot of I-526 petition approval letter)
(Average processing time for I-526 petitions announced by USCIS)
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