A recent federal court order has rolled back the steep EB-5 fee increases from the 2024 USCIS Fee Rule, restoring pre-2024 filing fees and immediately reducing costs for petitioners and regional centers. Introduction As stated in a recent U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) news alert, on November 12, 2025, the federal court temporarily blocked […]
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If you are a highly skilled professional looking to live and work in the United States without the need of employer sponsorship, the EB-2 National Interest Waiver (NIW) application could be your pathway to a U.S. Green Card. This visa category allows individuals with advanced degrees or exceptional abilities to bypass traditional labor certification requirements […]
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Jun 04 2025
CHALLENGING USCIS’S OVERLY NARROW INTERPRETATION OF “NATIONAL IMPORTANCE” IN NIW ADJUDICATIONS: A WHOLLY SUPERFICIAL FOCUS ON ECONOMIC IMPACT Overview In recent months, a discernible pattern has emerged in the adjudication of National Interest Waiver (NIW) petitions: Requests for Evidence (RFEs) that disproportionately and improperly emphasize the petitioner’s alleged failure to satisfy the first prong of […]
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