Press Release – University of Chicago Alumni Establish Endowed Scholarship in Perpetuity

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE University of Chicago Alumni Establish Endowed Scholarship in Perpetuity   CHICAGO – Jinhee Wilde, Esquire, who received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago’s undergraduate college and her Juris Doctorate from Loyola University of Chicago School of Law, and Dr. David Wilde, who received his MD and PhD from the University’s…

U.S. visa interview

Let’s clear this up once and for all. Consular Officers do not make decisions before the U.S. visa interview. For the majority of visa applications, Consular Officers only know about the case in the 30 seconds leading up to the visa interview, i.e. when they call “next!” to the visa applicant standing in line, and…

Regional Center EB-5 Program Returns!

The long-awaited news that the EB-5 Regional Center Program was reinstated by Congress on March 11, 2022 through passage of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, which was attached to the massive 2022 federal government ‘omnibus’ spending bill. This reauthorization is for 5 years, and the following are the highlights of the bill:…

EB-5 Investors Conference

Kudos from William Dean in his LinkedIn post are gratefully accepted. He writes, I’ve attended the EB-5 Investors Conference four times now. The speakers this organization assembles are truly exceptional, especially the attorneys. Some are personable and comedic; others are eloquent, almost professorial… it’s a great mix, and just such a wonderful way to learn…

The Invisible Wall Is Already Up and Running!

(Originally published at Lextalk) While President Trump’s rhetoric on stopping illegal immigration and his administration’s discontinuation of the DACA program and Temporary Protective Status for various Central American countries has dominated discussions of immigration law, a little-known fact is that this administration has been slowing, and in some cases, stopping even the legal immigration pathway in…