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USCIS Updates Visa Availability Approach for Managing Form I-526 Petition Inventory

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USCIS announced an updated visa availability approach for processing Form I-526 petitions (Immigrant Petitions by Alien Investor) to improve efficiency in managing the pipeline. The revised approach will help reduce processing times and backlogs for EB-5 investor green card applications. This is an operational change aimed at streamlining the adjudication of investment-based green card petitions.
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced it would update its visa availability approach for managing the inventory of Form I-526, Immigrant Petition by Alien Investor, to promote greater efficiency.

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