The Supreme Court of the United States came out with a flurry of exciting decisions last week, including the decision on the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”).
This is the first of our Legal Issue Series, which will answer hard immigration questions and will attempt to fill in the many holes in the immigration system through legal analysis.
The Administrative Appeals Office (“AAO”), where USCIS decisions get appealed, gave a decision that not only clarified the standards for approving L-1A visas, but also reprimanded USCIS for constantly applying a more difficult and incorrect standard.
For the longest time, the EB-5 Program has been running with little clarification and guidance from the multitude of federal and state agencies involved which includes USCIS.
The rise in the Employment Based-5th category visa (“EB-5”)’s popularity has led to a corresponding rise in the number of Regional Centers, which are USCIS designations to businesses that pool EB-5 Investor funds for larger investments.
