Family Law, Immigration, Nationality and Consular Law, International & Cross-Border Transactions, Real Estate, Securities & Corporate Finance, Experienced EB-5 Attorney, EB-5 Regional Center Application Submission Provider, International Litigation
Languages spoken
English, Spanish, French, Chinese (Mandarin), Urdu, Cantonese, Gujarati, Hindi
2012 Beijing EB-5 Expo
2012 Beijing EB-5 Expo is the first time an Expo of this size and type will be staged in Beijing. In the past, such annual events have proven to be tremendously successful. Ev...
2013 fourth(4th) quarter statistics for I-526 petitions
USCIS released the fourth (4th) quarter statistics for Fiscal Year 2013 for I-526 & I-829 Immigrant Petitions by Alien Entrepreneurs
In 2013, in total 6,346 I-526 petitions were rece...
2015 Year in Review
By Mona Shah, Esq. & Omar Hakim, Esq.
2015 was a remarkable year in the EB-5 world for many reasons. The main focus, of course, was on the impending legislation (S.1501) introduced...
Analysis of the Final EB-5 Policy Memorandum II
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DISNEY LAYOFFS IN CONTEXT OF H1-B VISA PROGRAM
The New York Times recently posted an article regarding the layoff of approximately two hundred and fifty (250) Informational Technology (IT) employees at Walt Disney Worl...
FINRA Rule Regarding Payments to Foreign Agents
By Omar Hakim, Esq.
Earlier this week, FINRA Rule 2040 (the “Rule”) went into effect. The Rule requires all FINRA members to disclose to investors all fees and co...
Is an increase of the EB5 $500,000.00 minimum inevitable?
By Mona Shah, Esq.
The burning question on the table when the EB5 regional center program comes up before Congress for renewal this fall, concerns the likelihood of an increase in ...
MAKE EB-5 PROGRAM PERMANENT – CONGRESSMAN JARED POLIS’ BILL
Breaking News:
Representatives Jared Polis (CO-02) and Mark Amodei (NV-02) today introduced “The American Entrepreneurship and Investment Act of 2015″. The Bill proposed to a...
MONA SHAH & ASSOCIATES FEATURED IN THE EB-5 DOCUMENTARY
Mona Shah & Associates attorneys were selected from a pool of highly qualified and specialized EB-5 attorneys to take part in a short documentary-like film by Leading ...
Mona Shah, Esq. is voted top 25 EB-5 attorneys!
Mona Shah, Esq. is voted top 25 EB-5 attorneys! Our article on selling/renting a regional center is also featured in the magazine EB5investors.com.
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Mona Shah, Esq. spoke at 2013 NYC Real Estate Expo
Mona Shah, Esq., the principal of Mona Shah & Associates spoke at NYC Real Estate Expo on October 8, 2013 Tuesday. More than 3,500 professionals representing all facets of the r...
PROJECT STUCTURES WITH MONA SHAH & PATRICK
EB-5 Investment Voice,
(Mona Shah & Associates Podcast Series)
Reported by Hermione Krumm, Esq.
EB-5 Investment Voice is the only Podcast series that f...
Real Estate Projects – Still the Darling of EB-5
Mona Shah, Esq. and Yi Song, Esq.’s article Real Estate Projects – Still the Darling of EB-5 is selected and published on EB-5 Investors Magazine Win...
Retrogression Guidance for Chinese EB-5 Investors
1. Priority Date and Cut-off Date
For EB-5 applications, the priority date is established on the date USCIS receives the I-526. In order for the priority da...
SEC Guidelines on EB-5 Offerings
September 26, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an Investor Bulletin about investing in unregistered securities offerings, or private placements, under Regulation ...
SEC Suffers One of its First Major Losses in EB-5 Realm
By Omar Hakim, Esq.
Earlier this month, the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois denied the SEC’s request for a preliminary injunction against Seyed T...
USCIS EB-5 CONFERENCE CALL ON JOB CREATION
On June 4, 2015 USCIS held a conference call on expenses that are includable (or excludable) for job creation. Senior economists from the Immigrant Investor Program discussed the ex...
USCIS EB-5 Statistics Shows High Approval Rate
USCIS has released the fourth (4th) quarter statistics recently for Fiscal Year 2014 for I-526 and I-829 Immigrant Petitions by Alien Entrepreneurs. For I-526, in 2013, a total of 6,346 p...
USCIS Issues Warning Regarding Regional Center Names
By Omar Hakim, Esq.
Yesterday, USCIS issued a warning advising that EB-5 regional centers and related commercial enterprises should not contain the words “United States,&rdqu...
Was EB-5 Retrogression Averted by Obama’s Executive Order?
By Mona Shah, Esq.
Yi Song, Esq.
There has been furor about Obama’s executive order and of course much has been written, with countless opinions raised. The possibility of Chinese...
WHAT DOES BREXIT MEAN FOR EB-5?
The British voters have just spoken in what may be the most consequential decisions in modern history. Voting 52% in favor of “Brexit”, the UK has taken a dive into the ...
What the Troubled Chinese Stock Market Could Mean for EB-5
8 July 2015
What the Troubled Chinese Stock Market Could Mean for EB-5
As of late, financial headlines have been dominated by economic turmoil and recent default in Greece. Little...