This article describes how with the growing number of EB5 visa immigrant investor applicants, USCIS has stepped up it's oversight of EB5 visa regional centers. In particular the letter sent to the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC). This letter describes 17 types of information that designated centers are required to track in order to maintain their EB5 visa regional center investment status. The article goes into further detail regarding Approvals before the MMAC letter, denials and amendments to EB5 visa regional center designation status, the outline of the MMAC letter and approvals and amendment approvals in the EB5 visa program post MMAC.
Steve Yale-Loehr has practiced immigration law for over 25 years. He is co-author of Immigration Law and Procedure, the leading multi-volume... read more »