United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2017_register executive 2017-01-13 article Part VI Proposed Rules D09002ee1c7f2f3f3 D09002ee1c7f2f532 United States Department of Homeland Security originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposes to amend its regulations governing the employment-based, fifth preference (EB-5) immigrant investor classification and associated regional centers to reflect statutory changes and modernize the EB-5 program. In general, under the EB-5 program, individuals are eligible to apply for lawful permanent residence in the United States if they make the necessary investment in a commercial enterprise in the United States and create or, in certain circumstances, preserve 10 permanent full-time jobs for qualified U.S. workers. This proposed rule would change the EB-5 program regulations to reflect statutory changes and codify existing policies. It would also change certain aspects of the EB-5 program in need of reform. 82 FR 4738 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2017-01-13/2017-00447 2017-00447 fr13ja17-33 RIN 1615-AC07 9111-97-P CIS No. 2555-14 DHS Docket No. USCIS-2016-0006 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2017-01-13/2017-00447 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2017-01-13/html/2017-00447.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2017-01-13/pdf/2017-00447.pdf 31 p. 4738 4768 82 FR 4738 Title 8 Part 204 8 CFR Part 204 Title 8 Part 216 8 CFR Part 216 RIN 1615-AC07 EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Modernization; Federal Register Vol. 82, Issue PRORULE 2017-00447 VI DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 2017-04-11 CIS No. 2555-14 DHS Docket No. USCIS-2016-0006 9111-97-P 2017-00447 Notice of proposed rulemaking.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposes to amend its regulations governing the employment-based, fifth preference (EB-5) immigrant investor classification and associated regional centers to reflect statutory changes and modernize the EB-5 program. In general, under the EB-5 program, individuals are eligible to apply for lawful permanent residence in the United States if they make the necessary investment in a commercial enterprise in the United States and create or, in certain circumstances, preserve 10 permanent full-time jobs for qualified U.S. workers. This proposed rule would change the EB-5 program regulations to reflect statutory changes and codify existing policies. It would also change certain aspects of the EB-5 program in need of reform.

Written comments must be received on or before April 11, 2017. Lori MacKenzie, Division Chief, Operations Policy and Performance, Immigrant Investor Program Office, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, 131 M Street NE., 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20529; Telephone 202-357-9214. EB5 Immigrant Investor Program Modernization , http://business.ca.gov/International/EB5Program.aspx http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/programs.xhtml?program=acs http://onthemap.ces.census.gov/ http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTLED/Resources/339650-1105473440091/WillAndStuart.pdf http://www.bls.gov/bls/business.htm http://www.bls.gov/bls/inflation.htm http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpiadd.htm http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpiadd.htm#2_1 http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifaq.htm http://www.bls.gov/data/#prices http://www.bls.gov/ppi/ppifaq.htm http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/188- http://www.business.ca.gov/Programs/International-Affairs-and-Business-Development/EB-5 http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/business/iivc/eligibility.asp http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/wages/minimumwage.htm http://www.federalreserve.gov/econresdata/notes/feds-notes/2015/low-inflation-in-the-united-states-a-summary-of-recent-research-20151123.html http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/census_issues/ctpp/data_products/2006-2010_tract_flows/ http://www.frbsf.org/economic-research/files/wp2013-08.pdf http://www.hoover.org/sites/default/files/13110_-_meltzer_-_a_slow_recovery_with_low_inflation.pdf http://www.natlawreview.com/article/us-department-state-announces-eb-5-visas-china-unavailable-until-october-1-2014 http://www.nber.org/cycles.html http://www.regulations.gov http://www.s4.brown.edu/us2010/Researcher/Pooling.htm http://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/permanent-workers/employment-based-immigration-fifth-preference-eb-5/immigrant-investor-regional-centers http://www.wsj.com/articles/posh-tower-proposed-for-struggling-new-york-neighborhood-central-park-south-1444728781 https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/law-and-policy/bulletin.html https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/law-and-policy/statistics.html https://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpiadd.htm https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#23-0000 https://www.Census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/tallies/tractblock.html https://www.census.gov/geo/reference/gtc/gtc_ct.html https://www.census.gov/geo/reference/webatlas/tracts.html https://www.gov.uk/tier-1-investor/overview https://www.newzealandnow.govt.nz/move-to-nz/new-zealand-visa/visas-to-invest/investor-visa https://www.uscis.gov/outreach/uscis-idea-community https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Outreach/Notes%20from%20Previous%20Engagements/PED_EB5NatStakeholderEng072816_ColucciRemarks.pdf https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Outreach/Notes%20from%20Previous%20Engagements/PED_EB5NatStakeholderEng072816_MackenzieRemarks.pdf https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/Reports%20and%20Studies/Immigration%20Forms%20Data/Employment-based/I526_performancedata_fy2016_qtr2.pdf https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/Reports%20and%20Studies/Immigration%20Forms%20Data/Employment-based/I526_performancedata_fy2016_qtr3.pdf https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/Reports%20and%20Studies/Immigration%20Forms%20Data/Employment-based/I829_performancedata_fy2016_qtr3.pdf https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/permanent-workers/employment-based-immigration-fifth-preference-eb-5/immigrant-investor-regional-centers Vol. 82, no. 9 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2017-01-13 continuing daily deposited born digital 627 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2017-01-13 P0b002ee193544b78 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr13ja17 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2017-01-13 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2017-01-13/pdf/FR-2017-01-13.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2017-01-13/xml/FR-2017-01-13.xml fdlp 4149 4768 DGPO 2017-01-13 2024-06-01 FR-2017-01-13 machine generated eng FR FR-2017-01-13 82 9