USCIS releases EB-5 training materials!

Breaking news! Who knew that I would see this in my lifetime! Could a resolution of the Public Law 106-273 issue be coming next?! AILA just posted this news item:

USCIS Releases EB-5 Training Materials
In response to a FOIA request, USCIS released 486 pages of materials used to train officers in the adjudication of EB-5 cases. Special thanks to H. Ronald Klasko. AILA Doc. No. 11041432.

The materials include copies of the regulations and memos and decisions that we’ve all seen before, some outdated housekeeping items, and a few helpful insights. I was most interested by the sample I-526 RFEs included. One hopes that these aren’t the the real current training materials though — they’re  not systematic, not comprehensive (ie no mention of TEA and not much discussion of how to process the petition materials), and not current (ie no mention of the Form I-924 or the Neufeld memo).

The training materials are linked below. I have added a rough table of contents indexed to the pages of the pdf.

USCIS EB-5 Training Materials I
Investment terms 76-83
AAO Precedents 56-104
Business Plans! 115-118
New Commercial Enterprise 146-159
AAO Precedents 174-181
Other relevant decisions 206-215
Material Change: 207-208

USCIS EB-5 Training Materials II

Escrow 62-64
Economic Models 114-133
Q&A 142-150
RC Proposal Content 178-182
I-526 Denial examples 252-281
I-526 RFE examples 282-288
I-526 RFE template 289-297