On Aug. 19, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) updated its policy manual to provide guidance on how USCIS officers should exercise discretion when reviewing immigration benefit requests. Specifically
Continue Reading USCIS Policy Manual Update: Discretionary Factors in Immigration Benefits
In this episode of GT’s Immigration Insights series, host Kate Kalmykov is joined by Jill Jones, Head of Specialty Administration/General Counsel US, JTC, to discuss the EB-5 Reform & Integrity
Continue Reading Immigration Insights Episode 8 | Decoding the RIA: The Essential Role of Fund Administrators in EB-5 Regional Center Offerings
In this episode of GT’s Immigration Insights series, host Kate Kalmykov is joined by GT colleague Jennifer Hermansky to discuss USCIS regional center audits, including an introduction of the RIA
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Kate Kalmykov, co-chair of GT’s Global Immigration & Compliance Practice, spoke on the “Securing EB-5’s Future Webinar: How Will Pending Litigation Impact the Industry?” hosted by JTC Nov. 20
Continue Reading Kate Kalmykov Speaks on JTC’s EB-5 Webinar
Please join Kate Kalmykov, Co-Chair of the Global Immigration & Compliance Practice, at an upcoming webinar Oct. 16 from 12 to 1 p.m. EDT.
On Oct. 11
Continue Reading Oct. 16 WEBINAR | USCIS Provides Additional Guidance on RIA with Updates to Required EB-5 Investment Timeframe and Terminated Regional Centers
Kate Kalmykov, Co-Chair of Greenberg Traurig’s Immigration and Compliance Practice, is quoted in a Dec. 14, 2022 EB-5 Investors Magazine article titled “Why EB-5 regional centers need to
Continue Reading Kate Kalmykov Quoted in EB-5 Investors Magazine, ‘Why EB-5 regional centers need to act by Dec. 29’
With the Implementation of the 2022 EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act (RIA) the practice of EB-5 law in terms of requirements for projects, regional centers, broker dealers, overseas migration agents
Continue Reading GT Continues EB5 Webinar Series With 4 Webinars
Please join Greenberg Traurig EB-5 securities, corporate, and immigration attorneys Jennifer Hermansky, Kate Kalmykov, Richard Cutshall, and William Mack to discuss agent registration under the EB-5 Reform
Continue Reading Nov. 15 WEBINAR | I-956K Requirements
The federal government’s fiscal year begins on Oct. 1, and while the new fiscal year brings new visa numbers, many EB-5 regional center stakeholders and investors were surprised by the
Continue Reading Takeaways From State Department’s EB-5 Visa Delays
Update: The Judge approved the settlement Thursday, Sept. 1.
The EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act (RIA) was passed on March 11, 2022. USCIS then posted an interpretation of the legislation
Continue Reading EB-5 Case Challenging USCIS Interpretation De-Authorizing Regional Centers After Passage of EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 Is Settled