EB-5 investors often ask questions regarding the USCIS adjudication process. For example, “For EB-5, how much time to USCIS adjudicators spend on I-526 review? Is it different for Regional Center based EB-5 Petitions? EB-5 Investors hear that the review process on the USCIS website is listed to potentially take more than one or two years creates a lot of questions on exactly why. Steve Pazan of Baker Tilly LLP (a former USCIS adjudicator) takes us through the basics on how USCIS goes through the process, how long it takes and whether USCIS looks at EB-5 Regional Center Projects any differently.

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