Nov 5 – EB5 attorneys swamped with SOF

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Immigration attorneys are swamped with investors attempting to complete
their Source of Funds in time for November 19^th overnighting to
USCIS (for November 20^th receipt, the final day of the current
EB5 regs). The situation is dire – below are three reports, all from the
last few days, about the situation at immigration law firms (all three law
firms have between 50 to 100 I-526 cases under preparation).
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An immigration partner at a mid-sized corporate law firm says that the
case volume is “insane” and that all the cases cannot possibly get
filed in time
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A mid-sized immigration boutique with 3 attorneys devoted to EB5 says
they are virtually living in the office, and that document quality for
SoF is “poor”
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A partner supervising the immigration practice at a huge law firm
requested a client to carry flowers to the partner’s home while working
on the client’s documents, to ameliorate absence from the family
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And its still only late October! We suspect the situation will get much
worse as the weeks progress toward November 19. We are afraid there will be
injuries/illnesses due to stress/overwork (a quarter of ILW’s team is also
ill, partly due to overwork). We encourage all EB5 teams to watch each
other’s health at the EB5 practice, and to be frank with desperate clients
that possibility for denial is very high.
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This is the EB5 industry’s first (and likely last) non-China EB5 surge, and
it appears that the industry will be unable to cope. Unless projects
already have all wires in by October 31^st,, it is quite possible
that the much-anticipated wires will NOT be in on time due to SoF issues.
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For attorneys with short or excess capacity for doing SoF, please let ILW
know. We will put you in touch with each other (no charge, courtesy
connection only). Email us at:
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