当前,中国EB-5投资者最为痛心的是排期和随之造成的小孩超龄,排期已经连续3个月停滞,而这可能只是严峻形势的刚刚开始(参考阅读:4月签证公告板,排期连停3个月|EB-5快讯),就签证办公室主任Charlie对此次排期停滞的解释是:(18财年)any
movement will be very limited,也就是说,就算本财年排期还能前进,那么也是非常有限的。
As a EB-5 Chinese investor, I am already very sad to see that I need to
wait over 10 years for my visa. Now I hear that the new draft is even going to
prolong the waiting time. This is a devastating news to me and many other
investors like me.
Reserving visa for new applicatants is unfair for all existing applicants.
This is equal to encourage people to cut in line. It is unacceptable.
Please consider increasing the visa quota or shortening the waiting time
to increase Chinese investors’ confidence to the US.
Regardless of the reasons for promoting EB-5 reforms, at least a minimally
acceptable program for EB-5 families that have already invested in and are not
free to withdraw is the minimum that the US government that advertised the
Beacon of Freedom should do at least. . Abandoning applicants who trust in the
United States is not what responsible legislators should do.
This is my proposal for the immigration program.
1. I have no objection to the reservation of visa places, but the reserved
signatures should be obtained from other places. Otherwise, they will be traced
back to substantive legislation, which will cause China to apply for a large
area of family overage;
2. If it is not possible to increase visas, then it should at least be
possible during the application process that the main applicant can change to
the children after they reach the age of 18, save green cards for the United
States, and improve the quality of immigrants;
I expect your consideration and look forward to hearing from you soon.
Thank you very much
议员们的自动回复(虽然无法令人满意):
IIUSA的回复:
IIUSA就上述第二条给国会的立法提议为:
Visa Backlog: Would drafters be open to
creative solutions to relief to EB-5 visa backlog that would not require new
visa numbers?
If children were able to take their parents place as
principal investor and maintain their priority date, it would not affect
the dollars and jobs that benefit the U.S. economy while also reducing the
number of individuals waiting for a visa number to be available (as parents of
the children would not be eligible for derivative benefits from their child).
业内博主Suzanne就该草案将造成的严重排期问题指出:
The approximately 92,000 people in line for an EB-5 visa. These people are
already in for a long wait with an annual quota of about 10,000 visas, and the
EB-5 reform act has set-asides that would reduce generally-available visa
numbers to about 6,900 per year. The situation will be especially bad for people
from China, Vietnam, and possibly India. Those people already in line didn’t
plan to wait 17 years or so for conditional green cards — and neither did the
projects accepting their investment. The bill does not include on-purpose
retroactivity (it doesn’t make TEA, investment amount, or job creation changes
apply to people who already filed I-526), but past investors will be severely
affected by the visa set-asides, and potentially by new restrictions that affect
regional centers and investment projects.