當前,中國EB-5投資者最為痛心的是排期和隨之造成的小孩超齡,排期已經連續3個月停滯,而這可能只是嚴峻形勢的剛剛開始(參考閱讀:4月簽證公告板,排期連停3個月|EB-5快訊),就簽證辦公室主任Charlie對此次排期停滯的解釋是:(18財年)any
movement will be very limited,也就是說,就算本財年排期還能前進,那麼也是非常有限的。
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
議員們的自動回復(雖然無法令人滿意):
IIUSA的回復:
IIUSA就上述第二條給國會的立法提議為:
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).
業內博主Suzanne就該草案將造成的嚴重排期問題指出:
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.