79 Approved EB5 Visa Regional Centers and Counting…

The Legal Intelligencer reported earlier this week on how the EB5 Regional Center visa is, in the words of distinguished business immigration attorney Ronald Klasko, "the hottest thing going on right now in immigration".  Yet again I find myself nodding in agreement with Ron (only thi...

Jose E. Latour Jan 15, 2010

The Death of the H-1B Entrepreneur

With a swift strike of the federal pen and in their typical rulemaking-without-notice-and-comment fashion of late, USCIS has singlehandedly and without warning eviscerated decades of pragmatic policies and court decisions relating to entrepreneurs who enter the United States in H-1B status.In a memo...

Jose E. Latour Jan 13, 2010

Claims Swap in Cuba? Interesting…

My friend Tim Ashby, a fellow member of the U.S. Cuba Legal Forum, is in the forefront of the effort to both normalize trade relations with Cuba while still helping those whose properties were illegally expropriated by the Castro regime find justice.  He was quoted a bunch in this article regar...

Jose E. Latour Jan 10, 2010

The Culinary Implications of an Intellingent Immigrant Investor Policy

As we enter this season of extracaloric extravaganzas, it's interesting to note how ethnicities have crept into my holiday recipes over the years.  As much a product of my restless palate as the result of 25 years of constant immersion in new cuisines, the subtleties never escape me. ...

Jose E. Latour Dec 23, 2009

New USCIS EB-5 Memo Replaces 2005 Guidance

Folks, our intrepid Amy Link forwarded this "hot off the press" new USCIS memo which replaces the 2005 guidance we've been relying up for EB-5 issues these past few years.  I haven't read it and won't till next week but I will update you when I do.  Don't even...

Jose E. Latour Dec 18, 2009

AUDIO BLOG: So Many EB-5 Regional Centers…Finding the Good Ones

Download 12-3-09 finding good RCs…

Jose E. Latour Dec 03, 2009

Staying Ahead of the Immigration “Aircraft”

WhenI first learned to fly airplanes many years ago, an expression which I first foundto sound rather unusual would soon come to be a maxim inculcated into all futuretraining: "Stay Ahead of theAircraft."   Putsimply, "staying ahead of the aircraft" simply means the pro...

Jose E. Latour Dec 02, 2009

Deferring the Dream: Alternative U.S. Immigration Strategies

One of the recurring points when I speak with would-be investors abroad has to do with the timing of their U.S. immigration.  The vast majority are interested in securing U.S. permanent residency, via EB-5 Immigrant Investor status or another category...but just not yet.  Instead, what the...

Jose E. Latour Nov 23, 2009

My Name is Jose Latour, I am a US Citizen…and I Am Uninsured

Shocked?  Don't be.  We are legion, we are legal residents and citizens of the country, and we are the reason why nothing less than a comprehensive restructuring of the present healthcare system will address the issue of public health in America.Yes, I am uninsured...sort of.  Th...

Jose E. Latour Nov 19, 2009

Back in the Biscayne Saddle- Caracas Epilogue

Got back from Caracas Friday night, spent the weekend moving, had to stay home Monday because it wasn't finished...and now back in my office on Biscayne Boulevard, staring at a formidable number of emails.That's one thing that you can't avoid with these international trips: no ma...

Jose E. Latour Nov 17, 2009