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Posts with analysis and data for USCIS form processing (I-526, I-829, I-924)
Posts with analysis and data for EB-5 Visa Wait Times
FY2020 Q4 EB-5 Form Data, Mayorkas Nomination, Backlog for China 2015 (1/27/2021)
Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act (12/3/2020)
Interpreting November 2020 EB-5 Visa Availability Predictions from Charles Oppenheim (11/24/2020)
EB-5 Process Illustration and Visa Bulletin Questions (10/23/2020)
EB-5 Visa Availability in FY2021 (9/24/2020)
Perspectives on the EB-5 visa queue (new I-526 approval report) (6/30/2020)
6/16 Oppenheim webinar updates (visa number usage and estimate, processing, retrogression) 6/17/2020
Interpreting the Visa Bulletin (5/29/2020)
FY2019 EB-5 Visa Stats by Country (2/21/2020)
FY2019 Q4 EB-5 Petition Processing Statistics (1/15/2020)
2/2020 Visa Bulletin India FAD (1/17/2020)
EB-5 Visa Timing in 2020 (12/31/2019)
October 2019 Oppenheim EB-5 wait time estimates (11/13/2019)
Per country cap discussion (HR 1044) (7/3/2019)
Understanding the Visa Bulletin (6/19/2019)
Forecasting Visa Availability: 5/6 Oppenheim projections and big picture (5/6/2019)
FY2018 EB-5 Visas by Country (1/7/2019)
Applying data to questions (I-526 timing, visa timing) (11/13/2018)
I-526 and EB-5 visa wait times; country-specific effects of potential changes (6/28/2018)
AILA/IIUSA Forum Updates (Kendall, Oppenheim, visa availability) (11/5/2018)
Pending I-526 by country as of 10/2018 (10/25/2018)
FY17 per-country I-526 data, SEC action (10/9/2018)
Visa Numbers (FY2018 Q3 and conference update) (7/27/2018)
EB-5 Visa Waiting Line and Visa Allocation (4/25/2018) – A post that details how EB-5 visas get allocated, and reviews the statutory basis
Older timing posts for reference: How Long Does I-526 Take? (III) (5/18/2018), Visa Numbers (China, Vietnam, India, Brazil, S. Korea, Taiwan) April 23, 2018, Visa Numbers Update (Vietnam, India), TEA Reform Proposal, RC Audit Change (10/26/2017), EB-5 Timing Issues and Visa Wait: Process and Data (10/13/2017), EB-5 Timing Issues: Not a Fast Track (1/12/2016, 2014 visa numbers by country , 2015 visa numbers by country , and 2016 visa numbers by country , 2017 visa numbers by country