{"id":21148,"date":"2020-09-14T12:59:29","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T12:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/wordpress\/?p=21148"},"modified":"2020-10-01T12:59:34","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T12:59:34","slug":"chinese-eb-5-investors-now-subject-to-separate-estimated-processing-time-range-by-uscis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/zh-hans\/chinese-eb-5-investors-now-subject-to-separate-estimated-processing-time-range-by-uscis\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese EB-5 Investors Now Subject to Separate Estimated Processing Time Range by USCIS"},"content":{"rendered":"

The estimated processing time ranges published by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) are designed to aid EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program<\/a> investors in gauging wait times for I-526 petition<\/a> adjudication. The estimated time ranges traditionally included all nationalities of EB-5 investors, regardless of backlogs for specific countries. In August 2020, that changed. USCIS split the I-526 estimated processing time ranges between Chinese investors and all other EB-5 investors.<\/p>\n

This shift may, in large part, be due to the sudden sharp increase<\/a> in the estimated processing time range on I-526 petitions as a whole. Low-end and<\/i> high-end time ranges nearly doubled. To review, the lower range signals how long it takes for around 50% of EB-5 investors to receive adjudication, and the high-end number represents how long it takes for 93% of investors to have their I-526 petition adjudicated. So, while the estimated processing time range does not necessarily mean<\/a> the average program investor can expect to experience a significantly longer wait time, the increase does<\/i> push the date to file a case inquiry out significantly.<\/p>\n

So, where did that sharp increase come from? USCIS categorizing Chinese I-526 petitions separately from everyone else sends a clear signal that it is Chinese timelines likely gumming up the wait times for EB-5 investors on the whole. Sure, Chinese demand for the program seems to have diminished a bit in FY2019 and FY2020, but the country still dominates EB-5 demand. <\/p>\n

In fact, the backlog for Chinese EB-5 applications remains so large that some investors have already been awaiting adjudication on their I-526 petitions for over five years. To make matters worse, the new visa availability processing approach<\/a> implemented in April 2020 also lengthens Chinese wait times. The latest change is that new legislation has lumped Hong Kong EB-5 investors in with the Mainland Chinese investor backlog<\/a> and extended wait times even further. <\/p>\n

As of August 25, 2020, the estimated time ranges for China-based EB-5 applications is between 4.5 and 6.25 years, while the rest of the world\u2019s EB-5 investors have an estimated time range of 2.6 to 5 years. This means that the date for case inquiry for Chinese applicants is a year later than for any other investor.<\/p>\n

All of these factors have led to a dramatically higher estimated processing time range for Chinese EB-5 investors and have surely played into USCIS\u2019s decision to separate Chinese applicants from the rest. <\/p>\n

Ultimately, this separation is good news for all non-Chinese investors in the EB-5 program. With Chinese estimated processing times not factored in, timelines are expected to shrink. In the meantime, EB-5 Chinese investors<\/a> may need to plan on up to six years before they are granted permission to even file an inquiry about an abnormally long processing time. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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