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		<title>Upcoming EB-5 Events</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I strongly encourage participation in EB-5 educational and networking events. Especially if you&#8217;re in the process of planning or setting up a Regional Center, the information you&#8217;ll get and contacts you&#8217;ll make at one of these meetings will save you months of work and trouble. Here is a list of upcoming events, including two at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.lucidtext.com&amp;blog=13342334&amp;post=2184&amp;subd=ebfive&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Regional Center (OK, TX)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The USCIS list of Regional Centers was updated today 2/2 with one new Regional Center. Southern Star Regional Investment Center LLC Website: www.eb5southernstar.us Investment focus: Oil and gas field development in Texas and Oklahoma I&#8217;m interested to note that this Regional Center was apparently approved for two whole states. I&#8217;ve seen several Requests for Evidence recently that questioned [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.lucidtext.com&amp;blog=13342334&amp;post=2177&amp;subd=ebfive&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Regional Centers (AZ, CA)</title>
		<link>http://blog.lucidtext.com/2012/01/26/new-regional-centers-az-ca-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne (www.lucidtext.com)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The USCIS list of Regional Centers was updated today 1/26 with a  repeat listing and two new Regional Centers. ARIZONA Arizona Alternative Energy Center, LLC Website: http://arizonaenergycenter.com Investment focus: solar power generation, wind power generation, water retrieval CALIFORNIA Hollywood Regional Center Website: http://www.hollywoodregionalcenter.com/ Investment focus: internet gaming As usual, this info is thanks to Google and the Regional Centers [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.lucidtext.com&amp;blog=13342334&amp;post=2172&amp;subd=ebfive&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Info from 1/23 Stakeholder Engagement</title>
		<link>http://blog.lucidtext.com/2012/01/25/info-from-123-stakeholder-engagement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne (www.lucidtext.com)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thepresentation from the 1/23 Stakeholder Engagement did not, this time, contain the written Q&#38;A, so I&#8217;ve written up my notes on note-worthy points that emerged at this meeting. In case you&#8217;d like to review the entire conversation, I&#8217;ve also embedded my recording at the base of this post. TEA Issues Kevin of the Office of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.lucidtext.com&amp;blog=13342334&amp;post=2162&amp;subd=ebfive&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Acquiring Real Estate as EB-5 Investment?</title>
		<link>http://blog.lucidtext.com/2012/01/23/acquiring-real-estate-as-eb-5-investment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne (www.lucidtext.com)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a follow-up to my post on the recent denial of a Regional Center investment proposal involving real estate purchase, here is transcription of a couple interesting exchanges from today&#8217;s 1/23 EB-5 Stakeholder Meeting with USCIS. The speakers are Rachel Ellis (USCIS Office of Public Engagement), Kevin ____  (Office of Policy and Strategy), Sasha Haskell [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.lucidtext.com&amp;blog=13342334&amp;post=2157&amp;subd=ebfive&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>FY12 Q1 EB-5 Statistics</title>
		<link>http://blog.lucidtext.com/2012/01/23/fy12-q1-eb-5-statistics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne (www.lucidtext.com)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[USCIS has released new statistics as part of the presentation for the 1/23 EB-5 Stakeholder Meeting. This data shows us that USCIS has generally liked what it&#8217;s seen in I-526 and especially I-829 filings, and has found a lot not to like in recent Regional Center applications and amendments. Form I-924 (&#38; Pre-I-924) Regional Center [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.lucidtext.com&amp;blog=13342334&amp;post=2148&amp;subd=ebfive&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New AAO Decision (RC application denial)</title>
		<link>http://blog.lucidtext.com/2012/01/19/new-aao-decision-rc-denial/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.lucidtext.com/2012/01/19/new-aao-decision-rc-denial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne (www.lucidtext.com)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The AAO has published another EB-5-related decision (04/26/2011), this one affirming denial of a Regional Center application filed on behalf of The Statesman Group and its Pleasant Harbor Marina and Golf Resort project in the North Olympic Peninsula. The decision is interesting, if unsurprising. To quote a portion of the analysis: … the AAO finds [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.lucidtext.com&amp;blog=13342334&amp;post=2140&amp;subd=ebfive&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Regional Centers (KS, WA)</title>
		<link>http://blog.lucidtext.com/2012/01/19/new-regional-centers-ks-wa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne (www.lucidtext.com)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The USCIS list of Regional Centers was updated today 1/19 with a couple repeat listings and (apparently) two new Regional Centers. The list includes nothing but the names and my Googling hasn&#8217;t turned up any additional information. Kansas Regional Center Website: ? Geographic Scope: ? Industries: ? Seattle Regional Center Website: ? Geographic Scope: ? Industries: ? If you are behind either [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.lucidtext.com&amp;blog=13342334&amp;post=2136&amp;subd=ebfive&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Insights from Conversation with Director Mayorkas</title>
		<link>http://blog.lucidtext.com/2012/01/18/insights-from-conversation-with-director-mayorkas/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.lucidtext.com/2012/01/18/insights-from-conversation-with-director-mayorkas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne (www.lucidtext.com)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And now a guest post from Joseph McCarthy, an immigration attorney and EB-5 expert who was one of the select few in-person participants at both “Conversations with the Director” in Washington DC on 1/12/2012 and 9/14/2011. I’m one of the hundreds who struggled to follow by phone what exactly was going on in the lively [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.lucidtext.com&amp;blog=13342334&amp;post=2124&amp;subd=ebfive&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;On hold at USCIS headquarters&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.lucidtext.com/2012/01/17/on-hold-at-uscis-headquarters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne (www.lucidtext.com)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[1/23 update: In the 1/23 EB-5 Stakeholder meeting, Sasha Haskell confirmed that the hold at headquarters indeed resulted from questions about the economic analyses that were raised by USCIS's contract economists and currently under review by the senior leadership.] [2/6 update: I recommend this article on the issue by Bernard Wolfsdorf , an attorney who works [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.lucidtext.com&amp;blog=13342334&amp;post=2112&amp;subd=ebfive&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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