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Comment: Waived Interviews, Public Charge Resources
Today's Immigration Daily Issue Features Several Items of Interest, Including Articles, Blogging and News About
The State Department Waived Interviews for Visa Applications, Even the National Guard Won't Be Enough to Solve Border Crisis When Title 42 Ends, USCIS Updates Public Charge Resources Webpage to Provide Information on the Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility and Public Benefits Available to Noncitizens
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Article: The State Department Waived Interviews for Visa Applications by David H. Nachman, Esq., Ludka Zimovcak, Esq., Snehal Batra, Esq. and Samantha Chasworth, Esq.
Blogging: Even the National Guard Won't Be Enough to Solve Border Crisis When Title 42 Ends by Nolan Rappaport
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Since entering the EB-5 sector, Mr. Gordon has become a noted expert on legal topics related to EB-5 organizational structure and EB-5 policy. He is the editor of the leading legal treatise on the EB-5 program, "The EB-5 Book" and is a frequent writer and lecturer. He has also done policy work at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and with the White House. In February 2016, Mr. Gordon testified in front of the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee as a policy expert on EB-5 matters. Mr. Gordon is also a founding member of the More American Jobs Alliance. Mr. Gordon is a licensed attorney in New York, having practiced mergers and acquisitions law at the beginning of his career with the largest and most reputable Wall Street firms including Fried Frank and Sullivan & Cromwell. Following his legal career, Mr. Gordon ran the US division of a Swiss multi-national corporation, after which he became an investment banking and finance professional. Mr. Gordon received his B.S. in Policy Analysis from Cornell University and his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law. Mr. Gordon holds FINRA/SEC securities licenses and is associated with a registered broker-dealer. Mr. Gordon lives in Westchester County, NY with his wife and three children. Jennifer Hermansky Jennifer Hermansky focuses her immigration practice on employment-based immigration. Jennifer has experience serving health care, pharmaceutical and real estate industries, as well as entrepreneurs, scientists and researchers in scientific communities for a wide range of temporary visa options and permanent residence solutions. Sam Newbold Samuel Newbold is the chair of the firm's Immigration Law Group. He represents companies from all over the country as well as multinational organizations spanning the globe, providing counsel on employment-based immigration matters as well as corporate compliance best practices. Sam's diverse corporate clientele operates in almost every industry imaginable including, but not limited to, information technology, banking and finance, manufacturing, real estate, hospitality, education, health care, transportation and engineering. Sam has also developed an emerging companies practice - specifically representing foreign entrepreneurs and principals looking to launch start-up companies in the U.S. - and is aligned with several New York City-based accelerators and venture capital firms. Sam is also a member of CSG's Alternative Capital Group and manages the firm's EB-5 practice, representing individual foreign investors, Regional Centers and developers participating in the EB-5 program. He has successfully counselled hundreds of individual EB-5 investors and their families through the entire EB-5 process, as well as dozens of Regional Centers and developers seeking to utilize EB-5 capital in their projects. Sam works closely with the firm's Corporate & Securities and Real Estate, Development & Land Use Groups on EB-5 project structuring to ensure compliance with EB-5 immigration regulations. Sam proudly serves on the Board of Directors for the Safe Passage Project, a New York-based nonprofit that provides pro bono legal services to unaccompanied children in immigration proceedings. Kurt Reuss Kurt Reuss is a registered securities broker working exclusively in EB-5 since 2013. He founded eb5Marketplace to allow investors to review and compare multiple investment options with expert due diligence. In 2022, he is focused on projects in the national interest and in rural locations for the fastest processing times possible. He speaks regularly at international conferences about “How to select an EB-5 investment.” Kurt is a registered representative of Finalis, broker-dealer, member, FINRA/SIPC. Mona Shah U.K. born, Mona Shah is a dual-licensed attorney and former British Crown Prosecutor. Mona is the managing partner of MSA, headquartered in Manhattan, with an office in the UK. MSA has an advanced global corporate Immigration practice. Mona has been instrumental in raising hundreds of millions in investor capital. Highly proficient, recognized as an industry leader in US EB-5 investments, Mona has received many accolades, including being voted as a Top 25 EB-5 attorneys for 7 years in a row; Top 25 Global, Top Lawyer Who International, amongst others. Mona has been honored for her work by various groups and non-for-profit organizations. Mona has written numerous articles and blog pieces in all aspects of EB-5 immigration law as well as the corporate and securities aspect.; she is both a published author & a Lexis Nexis Practice Advisory Editor. Mona has spoken extensively both nationally and overseas. She has been interviewed by mainstream news channels, including Fox Business News, Al Jazeera. She has been featured in international magazines and quoted in major newspapers, including the New York Times, Axios, the Real Deal and Bloomberg. Mona also pioneered and hosts the first and longest podcast series (spanning almost 6 years) that focuses on foreign direct investment and EB-5. Mona is also a part-time adjunct professor at Baruch College, City of New York University. Mona has extensive knowledge of all facets of EB-5, her practical expertise ranges from specialist business petitions to complicated, multi-issue corporate and securities issues. Her firm, Mona Shah & Associates Global, represents individual, high profile and corporate clients from all over the world. Sam Udani Sam Udani has been involved with the immigration community in the USA for most of his career spanning three decades, involving immigration politics and immigration policy and covering all manner of immigration into the USA. He has been a tireless advocate for enlightened immigration laws for the USA since ACWIA, AC21/ACTA and continuing from then on. Mr. Udani currently serves as the Law Publisher and CEO of ILW.COM and Immigration Daily, a position he has held for over twenty years. As Publisher, he directs all activities of the website and newspaper with over 50,000+ pages of free information on immigration law that receives 250,000 visitors per month. Under Mr. Udani’s direction ILW has conducted 600+ CLE seminars, published over two dozen immigration law books and conducted hundreds of immigration events in over a dozen countries. MATERIALS Materials included in the registration price is The EB-5 Book 2022-2023 Edition Editor: Matt Gordon and others ($199 value). Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott New York Manhattan/Times Square South 338 W 36th St. New York, NY 10018. The location is 10 minutes walk from the Javits Center or 3-4 minutes by Taxi/Uber. To Be Announced. 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