The New EB-5 Landscape: A Path Forward for Backlogged Visa Applicants
| Live Event Date: 03/04/2025 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Format | Length | CLE Eligible |
| Web Seminar | 90 min. | Yes |
With significant backlogs in other immigration avenues, the EB-5 investor lawful permanent resident (Green Card) program has become an increasingly attractive option. The program has received new life with the passing of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 (RIA), which introduced set-aside categories and allows concurrent filing for adjustment of status. Our panel of experts will provide essential strategies and insights to help successfully secure Green Cards for clients, and they also will provide a timely opportunity for attorneys to expand their practice into EB-5.
Featured Topics:
- Expanding your practice area into EB-5
- Key updates from RIA
- How to evaluate potential clients for EB-5 eligibility
- The roles of investors, regional centers, and project developers
- New visa set-aside categories and source of funds flexibilities
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Joseph M. Barnett (DL), AILA EB-5 Investor Committee Vice Chair, Los Angeles, CA
Joseph “Joey” M. Barnett is a Partner at WR Immigration in Los Angeles, California. He is admitted to practice in the States of Wisconsin and Illinois, and in Washington D.C. and practices exclusively in immigration and nationality law. Mr. Barnett is focused on EB-5 investor immigration and provides counsel to regional centers and U.S. companies raising EB-5 capital. Mr. Barnett is the Vice Chair of AILA’s EB-5 Committee and serves on the Editorial Committee of IIUSA (Invest in the USA).
Walter S. Gindin, AILA EB-5 Investor Committee Member, New York, NY
Walter S. Gindin is General Counsel at CanAm Enterprises. Mr. Gindin oversees all EB-5 and corporate legal matters at CanAm and provides strategic guidance and consultation to CanAm’s executives and senior management. He earned a bache-lor’s degree in economics and a master’s degree in political science from New York University. He earned his Juris Doctor (with Distinction) from the University of Iowa College of Law where he served as an Editor on the Iowa Law Review. He is a mem-ber of AILA’s EB-5 Investor Committee.
Cynthia V. Gomez, AILA EB-5 Investor Committee Member, Washington, D.C.
Cynthia V. Gomez practices primarily in the area of business immigration law but also represents clients in their family-based and removal defense matters before USCIS, EOIR and the BIA. She is a current member of AILA’s DC and South Florida Chapters and is a former Board Member of the AILA South Florida Chapter. She has also been serving on the AILA South Flor-ida Chapter Federal Congressional Committee since 2018. She is currently a member of the AILA EB-5 Investor Committee.
John P. Pratt, AILA Benefits Litigation Committee, Coral Gables, FL
John P. Pratt is a Partner at Kurzban, Kurzban, Tetzeli & Pratt, P.A., in Coral Gables, Florida. Mr. Pratt previously served in the Board of Governors (BOG) of AILA 2017-2020, Director of AILA, South Florida Chapter, 2003-2017, and President of AILA, South Florida Chapter 2010-2011. Mr. Pratt is AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell and Florida Bar Board Certified in Im-migration & Nationality Law 2005-2025. Mr. Pratt concentrates in all areas of immigration and nationality law, including corpo-rate immigration matters, employment-based immigrant and nonimmigrant petitions, family-based immigrant and nonimmigrant petitions, deportation or removal, and federal court litigation, including complex employment-based federal court litigation.
