The administration’s pay-to-immigrate scheme has produced exactly one approval. The post-mortem matters less than what comes next: the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 sunsets in less than a year and a half, and there are real lessons here Congress can use. Matthew Gordon, Esq. | E3 Legal Advisors PLLC | April 29, 2026 […]
As Seen In EB5Investors.com April 15, 2026 | Staff Report Matthew Gordon, CEO of E3 Investment Group and managing attorney at E3 Legal Advisors PLLC, was quoted in a new EB5Investors.com article examining how the U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed prevailing wage rule — designed to raise minimum wages for foreign workers — could paradoxically […]
The RIA’s automatic inflation adjustment hits January 1. Here’s what the numbers actually say. Matthew Gordon, Esq. | E3 Legal Advisors PLLC | April 2026 And you thought filling up your car was getting expensive. When Congress passed the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act in March 2022, it did something the program had never had […]
By Matt Gordon, Esq. | April 8, 2026 The DOL’s proposed prevailing wage rule is one to watch. The full rule is now published in the Federal Register and the numbers are striking. If finalized, entry-level H-1B salary floors would jump by more than 30% as estimated by many practitioners. This is a further disruption […]
The new “inventory management” announcement formalized what has been happening for years. Here is what it actually says — and what it does not.
If we call an apple a banana, can we regulate apples under rules that only govern bananas? No it’s not a bad joke from 2nd grade, it seems to be what is going on with the Trump Gold Visa! The I-140G just came out (is G for Gold or Gaudy?) and it raises several questions […]
Trump’s ‘Gold Card’ Set Off Panic in an Unexpected Place: Real Estate; DealBook Newsletter The New York Times Link to Article: Click Here March 1, 2025 Saturday 23:10 EST Copyright 2025 The New York Times Company All Rights Reserved Section: BUSINESS; dealbook Length: 2215 words Byline: Sarah Kessler, Sarah Kessler is an editor for the […]
DHS has published a date of final action of April 2018 on its proposed amendments to existing EB-5 rules (see https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eA…&RIN=1615-AC07 ). The most notable change is increasing minimum investment amounts to $1.3 million for TEA based projects and $1.8 million for non-TEA based projects. The second significant change would be removing the power from the states […]
By Matt Gordon ©2021 According to the December Visa Bulletin (https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2022/visa-bulletin-for-december-2021.html) Chinese and Vietnamese direct EB-5 investors should be very happy. The visa category is current. The termination of the Regional Center program removed an overwhelming majority of the case load from the USCIS backlog. Given the relatively small number of direct cases pending, the […]
By Matt Gordon ©2021 On August 23, 2021, the Department of Justice filed a notice of appeal in the Behring Case. They have not asked for a stay of the district court decision vacating the EB-5 rule increasing the minimum investment from $500K to $900K. This suggest a weak case from the outset. DHS thought […]