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STEPHEN YALE-LOEHR

Miller Mayer United States

Stephen Yale-Loehr is co-author of Immigration Law and Procedure , the leading 21-volume immigration law treatise , published by LexisNexis . He also is Professor of Immigration Law Practice at Cornell Law School , and is of counsel at Miller Mayer in Ithaca , NY , where he practices business immigration law . Yale-Loehr founded and was the original executive director of Invest in the USA , a trade association of EB-5 immigrant investor regional centers . He regularly speaks and writes on EB-5 and other business immigration issues , and has testified numerous times in Congress , including on EB-5 . He is frequently quoted in the press .

WHAT NEW TRENDS ARE YOU SEEING IN THE GLOBAL RCBI INDUSTRY , ESPECIALLY WITH THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ?

I see two contrasting trends . First , more investors than ever want to leave their countries to move to a country they deem safer for themselves and their families . Second , because of travel restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic , that is harder to do . It is taking longer to get visas to be able to travel to find new investments or to manage existing investments . Simply making a visa appointment at an embassy is challenging in many countries , since many embassies are closed or short-staffed . Moreover , quarantine rules are constantly changing , which makes it harder to plan trips .

2021

ATTORNEYS

UGLOBAL IMMIGRATION MAGAZINE TOP 25 WINNER 2021

Filed 5 % of the total Greek residence permits issued in 2020

Secured 245 + business / Type-D visas and residence permits

100 % successful rate for Golden Visa applications

Concluded 1GW * Renewable Energy Sources deals

Channelled € 500 million international investments