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UNITED STATES VISA PROGRAM | 美国签证项目
documentation and the foreign national investors
authentication of the lawful source and transfer of
personal investment funds. As a result, the USCIS will
issue Requests for Further Evidence, which will cause
further delays.
SPEEDING UP THE PROCESS FOR EB-5
The EB-5 process to approve conditional permanent
residency for foreign national investors, which is a 2,5
to 3,5 years process, is definitely not competitive with
the global CRBI programs.
都处在常规EB-5申请和有条件居民身份时间线内。然
而, 笔者知道有两个EB-5区域中心项目已经获得了联邦
政府批准, 能够进行I-526申请加急审理。 1
USCIS政策手册 (2018年5月23日版) 第十二章解释了
美国政府加急流程的决策标准。标准包括: 公司面临严
重经济损失、人道主义原因和国家利益 (加急申请必须
来自于官方美国政府实体, 申请延期将会给政府带来损
失)。
以此为依据，USCIS官方政策允许EB-5审理官在审理
申请时根据官方决定加快申请审理。
However, there is good news for the EB-5 Regional
Center program. Current EB-5 laws, regulations, and
policy can authorize the foreign national investors
petitions to be expedited. That is, the processing time
for adjudication can be as quick as 41 days. There is
an estimate of 90 days period for petition adjudication.
Currently, there are about 600 EB-5 Regional Center
Projects in the U.S. All these projects involve normal
EB-5 petition and conditional permanent residency
timelines. However, there are two EB-5 Regional
Center Projects, known to the author, which have been
approved by the Federal government for the I-526
petitions to be expedited. 1 递交EB-5 I-526投资者申请的外国投资人会递交来自
USCIS官方认证函件表明对加急申请的批准, EB-5审理
官会以此为依据加快全部后续I-526申请的审理流程。
Chapter 12 of the USCIS Policy Manual (May 23, 2018)
states the criterion for the U.S. government to approve
expedited petitions. The criterion includes, severe
financial loss to the company; humanitarian reasons; 来自E-2条约国的外国投资人能够在进入美国数个月后
购买美国企业并运营, 开支为投资15万美元、专业咨询
费2.5万美元以及其他费用。E-2签证持有人、配偶和
家庭成员能够进入美国, 签证每两年续签一次。
USCIS会参考以前获批的I-526申请或USCIS预批准的
I-526项目来审理EB-5区域中心文件。因此, USCIS审
理官需要审核的仅为外国投资人个人投资资金的来源和
转账文件。
E-2签证选项
在EB-5项目审理加急方案施行前, 外国投资人是通过其
他签证选项加快进入美国流程的。