2065438+May 2008, the American immigrant visa schedule was read first.

The Visa Office in the State Council, USA has just released the visa bulletin board for May 20 18 (the eighth month of fiscal year 20 18), and the EB-5 visa schedule is closed. In the 7th month of fiscal year 20 18, the planned deadline (Table A) was suspended for the third consecutive month, and remained on July 22nd, 20 14, while Table B remained on September 20th, 20 1 4.

Let's take a look at the specific visa schedule.

Table A–Final Decision Date (FAD):

Table B–Date of Application (DFA):

1. Briefly explain the visa bulletin board of April 20 18, and tables A and B:

1. Two timetables and two deadlines. Table A is the final ruling date (FAD), and Table B is the application date (DFA).

2. Table A, the closing date of the final award date (FAD), stopped moving again and stayed on July 22nd, 20 14.

= 3. In Table B, the deadline of DFA is still 1 in September of 20 14 after retrogression in February.

Two. Impact on EB-5 applicants:

1. According to Table A, if your priority date is before July 22nd, 20 14, and I-526 has been approved, you will receive an interview arrangement notice from Guangzhou Consulate General. However, it should be noted that since the regional center bill is postponed until March 23, visas under EB-5 regional center will not be issued thereafter unless the bill is extended.

2. In the new fiscal year, the Immigration Bureau did not open Form B to all professional immigrants, so it will not be able to adjust their status in advance (refer to reading: Form B: Professional immigrants closed, relatives immigrated | newsletter).

Three. Plan forecast:

Short-term forecast:

Charlie's expected scheduling trend is:

September 20 18 (that is, the end of fiscal year 20 18), it is estimated that it will be September 20 14, 10, and the worst case is September 8;

However, on the bulletin board of the timetable in February, Table B regressed to 65438+ 1 in September 2004, basically stating:

At the end of fiscal year 20 18 (September, 20 18), Table A is a detailed list, which can only last until September, 20 14 at most. Due to the submission wave caused by I-526 being approved to apply for a visa on September 30th, 2005, applicants from other countries are worried that the proportion of visas available to China investors has been greatly reduced.

At the same time, according to the data obtained in the first quarter of fiscal year 20 18, the number of visas in Chinese mainland has dropped from 75% in the previous fiscal year to 67%, and the downward trend is expected to continue. Therefore, I'm afraid that the Chinese mainland visa ratio of 18 and 19 in the above meeting is inaccurate, and the short-term scheduling will be more severe than its forecast. In the past three months,

Long-term forecast:

Now the number of investors in other countries has doubled, and the current long-term scheduling situation also predicts that it will grow a lot in 9.9 years.

Four. Simple summary:

1. According to Table A, the current waiting time is: 45 months (July 20 14-2065438+April 2008);

But please be sure to note that this time is the waiting time for applying for EB-5 before July 22, 20 14. If you apply for EB-5 from today, please refer to the forecast on the schedule. In particular, you need to pay attention to the possible over-age problem of children. Please consult a professional lawyer or consultant before applying for EB-5.

It should be noted that the above schedule forecast is based on the inaction of the US Congress. Once the policy of the US Congress or the Immigration Bureau changes, it may greatly affect the waiting time for scheduling.

2. The function of Table B is that after I-526 is approved, if your priority date is before Table B, you will start to follow the visa application process of NVC (National Visa Center), and at the same time serve as the coordinate of the scheduling trend of each fiscal year.

Verb (abbreviation for verb) bills and visas freeze due:

There is a passage in this visa bulletin board, which is related to the EB-5 Regional Center Act. The original text is as follows:

The fifth employment preference category (I5 and R5):

The continuation resolution signed on February 9, 20 18 extended the pilot program for immigrant investors to March 23, 20 18. I5 and R5 visas can be issued until the end of business on March 23rd, 20th18th, and can be issued until the whole validity period. After March 23, 20 18, it is not allowed to issue I5 or R5 visas overseas, or take final action on the adjustment of status.

The final action dates for the I5 and R5 categories have been listed as "Unavailable" in April. If there is legislative action to extend it to the fiscal year of 20 18, the final action date will immediately become the "current" date of all countries/regions, except those born in Chinese mainland, whose date is July 22nd, 20 14.

Explain what EB-5 visa categories I5 and R5 are. Because EB-5 investment can have two choices: direct investment projects or regional center projects; Also, invest in tea (target employment area), or non-tea. After these two options are arranged and combined in pairs, * * * has four investment modes, namely:

C5: 654.38+0 million non-regional center project

T5: 500,000 Project of Non-regional Center

I5: Regional Center 500,000 Project

R5: 654.38+00,000 Regional Center Project

The simple explanation of the above English passage is that the EB-5 regional center bill will expire on March 23, so if the EB-5 regional center bill is not extended, EB-5 visas under this category will be issued until March 23. Therefore, for April, visas I5 and R5 are "U" and cannot be issued. Only after March 23, if the EB-5 Regional Center Act continues to be extended, the I5 and R5 visas under the regional center can continue to be issued. Note that investors in EB-5 direct investment projects are not affected.

Intransitive verb Vietnam schedule:

There is another sentence on the visa bulletin board, which is about the itinerary of Vietnam, as follows:

F. Delayed oversubscription of the fifth priority category of employment in Vietnam

The continuous strong application demand is expected to lead Vietnam's fifth priority employment category (EB-5) to reach the annual quota of each country in March. However, in the past few days, the return of unused February EB-5 numbers was much higher than expected. This seems to be the direct result of the continuous resolution signed on February 22nd, 20th 1 7/kloc-0, which extended the pilot scheme for immigrant investors to February 9th, 20th18 19, and then to February 9th, 20th18. The uncertainty of job category extension has greatly delayed the schedule of February appointment, which is usually made at the beginning of 1 month. Therefore, many applicants do not have enough advance notice to attend the interview in February, which may lead to the use of visa numbers.

This category of oversubscription will definitely appear in May.

Due to several postponements, the interview is not normal, so the Vietnamese visa has not been used up. There is no schedule in April, but the schedule must start from May.