USCIS announced this week that a few administarive changes would be made to attract more foreign investors to create job opportunities in the U.S. These changes include:
- Premium processing available to EB-1 petitioners that apply under the multinational executives and managers caategory (E13) and EB-5 investors;
- EB-2 applicants may apply under the National Interest Waiver (NIW) if they can show that they are either a member in a profession that requires an advanced degree or an individual of exceptional ability and their investment in the U.S. will benefit the interest of the United States;
- Specialized EB-5 intake teams will be created to handle EB-5 adjudications and EB-5 regional center applicants will be able to communicate with the intake teams directly through email;
- An expert decision board will be convened to make decisions on EB-5 application;
- Re-emphasize that self-employed aliens may apply for H-1B visa as long as the aliens can show that their own company can exercise control over them, such as having a separate board that can hire, pay, or fire the aliens.
These changes will certainly make it easier and faster for investors to apply for different kind of non-immigrant and immigrant work visas. Hopefully, USCIS will be able to articulate a specific plan to implement these changes in the next 30 days as promised by USCIS Director Alejandro Mayorkas.
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- EB-1類別中跨國公司行政人員及經理(E13)及EB-5投資移民的申請人可申請特快服務 ；
- 外商可以透過EB-2中的國家利益豁免(National Interest Waiver; NIW)類別申請綠咭。外商必須從事需要高等學歷的專業或本身擁有特殊的才能，而且從事的工作會為全國的經濟帶來益處；
- 成立數個專門負責 EB-5 案件的隊伍，而EB-5 投資中心的申請人可以以電郵方式與這些隊伍溝通；
- 成立專家小組，專門負責批核EB-5申請；
- 重申自雇人士只要能夠證明其公司可以對他擁有控制權，如有獨立的董事會可以僱用、支付薪水、及罷免申請人，那麼申請人仍有資格申請H-1B 簽證。
這些改革將使投資者能更容易和快捷地得到各種不同的非移民和移民工作簽證。希望誠如移民局局長梅奧卡斯所說，關於這些改革的具體實施計劃可以在30天內出爐。
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