Sample success stories of our EB-5 clients

They were two friends who were executives and shareholders of the same successful company in their home country. We are now in the process of handling their IV consular processing. For confidentiality purpose, we are not even disclosing their home country because they are from a country in SE Asia where not many even attempt EB-5 cases. [Hint: It's not China, Vietnam, Korea, Taiwan, Japan or Hong Kong.]

Having handled I-526 cases in this particular country, we learned helpful information on this country's business practices and system that are relevant to EB-5 cases and procedures.

Our client and family received I-829 approval notice in 2 years from the time they acquired CPR status. This means CSC approved the I-829 in less than 3 months. Link to the I-829 approval notice below.

http://eb-5center.com/files/I-829_approval_Aug_2012.pdf

For more sample I-829 approval notices, go to:

http://eb-5center.com/sample_I-829_approvals

Note we rarely post any I-526 approval notices because CPR acquisition is not the ultimate goal of EB-5 investors: It's the acquisition of "permanent" green cards and the recouping of their investments.

Recently, our office obtained I-485 approval for a very nice Chinese-American couple working in nonimmigrant visa status after we successfully handled their I-526 immigrant petition. They received the below email notification from USCIS.

It seems that I-485s of my wife and I have been approved. Thank you very much for your help.

Best wishes,
XXX

Begin forwarded message:

From: USCIS
Date: July 2, 2011 12:00:02 AM PDT
To: XXX
Subject: Case Status Information for Receipt Number: XXX

*** DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS E-MAIL ***

The last processing action taken on your case

Receipt Number: XXX

Application Type: I485 , APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS

Your Case Status: Card/ Document Production

Recently, in May 2011, we had I-485 adjustment applications for a family of four approved in less than 2 months! We don't know if we got lucky or not, but even we were surprised how fast I-485s got adjudicated.

See below link for the actual I-485 approval. Note the Receipt Date and Notice Date.

www.eb-5center.com/files/I-485_approval_May_2011_EB-5.pdf

See below link.

www.eb-5center.com/files/April_2011_I-829_approval.pdf

This client decided to pursue an EB-5 case when he was in F-1 status.

http://www.eb-5center.com/files/May_2011_I-829_approval.pdf

The below is an email notification that USCIS sometimes sends out when your I-829 conditions removal petition has been approved and production for new permanent green cards has been ordered.

Congratulations to this particular investor who had decided to pursue EB-5 case from another nonimmigrant status!

Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:00:07 -0500
From: USCIS-CaseStatus@dhs.gov
To: **************
Subject: Case Status Information for Receipt Number: WAC10*******

*** DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS E-MAIL ***

The last processing action taken on your case

Receipt Number: WAC10******

Application Type: CRI89 , PETITION TO REMOVE CONDITIONS OF PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS RECEIVED

Your Case Status: Card/ Document Production

Some sample I-829 approval notices our law office has obtained can be viewed at:

www.eb-5center.com/sample_I-829_approvals

USCIS is now issuing I-829 approval notice which looks more official, by having a golden-colored USCIS seal at the bottom right side. It looks like an official prize certificate or something.

http://www.eb-5center.com/files/I-829_Approval_with_Official_Seal.pdf

A Chinese national professional couple in West coast finally got their I-526 immigrant petition approved. The RFEs did not have any issue with lawful source, as the source of the investment (Chinese source) was carefully prepared. Rather, the RFEs were due to CSC' misunderstanding of how the jobs were counted, which was finally resolved with a more detailed job study.

Our office recently in early August 2010 received the following news from a very nice I-829 client (from Russia) whom we helped successfully process I-829 conditions removal case.

Dear Mr. Noh,

Our new green cards have arrived in the mail today! Both my **** and I got the 10 year cards, that are valid until 2020. I am attaching the copies for your records.

Thank you for your work! Please let me know if we should do anything else at this time.

It took around 5.5 months for CSC to approve this particular I-829 conditions removal petition. It's not unusual to receive permanent green cards now days before or even without receiving I-829 approval notices. I looked at their permanent green cards, and I can testify that the cards do now have green colored backgrounds. Looks more "official".

We recommend you view http://eb-5center.com/investor_profiles for more details on investor profiles.