Mark A.M. Catam, Esq. specializes in all areas of corporate immigration, EB-5 investment, and global mobility, with twelve years of progressive work experience in the field of immigration under his belt. Prior to establishing Catam Global Law, P.C. (CGL), he worked for twelve years at one of the largest immigration law firms in California. He has filed hundreds of immigration cases in the last twelve years, ranging from nonimmigrant working visas, green card filings, and investment-related immigration filings, among others. In addition, he provides counsel and advice to organizations in the areas of workplace immigration compliance, including providing training on enforcement, I-9 issues, E-verify, LCA and PERM audits, among others.
Further, Mark specializes in EB-5 investment, which includes providing counsel and legal services in the areas of EB-5 compliance, foreign direct investment (FDI) and investor/trader category (E-1 and E-2), investor’s Source of Funds (SOF), as well as regional center work such as I-924 filings, amendments/exemplars and I-526 and I-829 templates. In the area of global mobility, Mark provides outbound visa filings of short-term and business visas to employees of multinational companies. These countries include China, Canada, EU, UK, just to name a few. His clients include multinational companies, HR professionals, high net worth individuals, tech companies, start-ups, entrepreneurs/investors, regional centers, developers, executives and highly skilled professionals. He is a member of State Bar of California (licensed to practice law in California), and a designated Global Mobility Specialist® by Worldwide ERC – The Association of Workforce Mobility.
Answers to EB-5 155 Questions Answered
- How can I make the processing time for I-829 for my EB-5 direct investment faster?
- When can Indian natives expect approval of I-526 petitions?
- How can I start a business in the U.S. as soon as possible?
- How can I use my EB-5 business for an E-2 application?
- What happens if our EB-5 business cannot meet the projected revenue?
- Will I-829 removal of conditions can be impacted because of covid-19?
- How can I apply for EB-5 as an F-1 student?
- Can our I-829 get approved if the main applicant is incarcerated?
- Can I gift funds to my parents to apply for EB-5?
- Will USCIS return my I-485 application package if I file before my priority date becomes current in Chart B of the visa bulletin?
- Does USCIS pay on-site visit to EB-5 direct investment businesses?
- How can I get an extension for my EB-5 visa?
- Can I get green card as an EB-5 dependent if the petition is filed one day before I turn 21?
- How long does it take for the EB-5-based I-485 to get approved?
- How could the public charge rules impact our citizenship application?
- How can I change a scheduled EB-5 visa interview and get a green card in the U.S.?
- How will the travel ban affect my EB-5 visa application?
- Can I work for the project I invest in during the 2-year conditional permanent residency?
- What could have caused a delay in the processing of an EB-5-based green card?
- How could the travel ban impact EB-5 investors from impacted countries?
- Are multiple separate trips of less than six months outside the U.S. deemed abandonment of permanent residency?
- Could I get I-485 approval if my EB-5 project fails?
- Can I extend H-1B visa beyond six years with a pending I-526?
- What happens if my priority date becomes current but my I-526 is still pending?
- How can the new processing policy of I-526 accelerate the adjudication of my case?
- Does a divorce at the I-829 stage impact the green card of an EB-5 dependent?
- Will I be able to get the administration fee back if the regional center project fails?
- Should I file an I-485 if my status in the U.S. will expire soon?
- Is India out of the EB-5 retrogression?
- What is the minimum development size for an acceptable EB-5 real estate project?
- How can I use cross-chargeability to save my EB-5 case with a bankrupt project?
- How can a previous stay in the U.S. help me get a waiver for the travel ban?
- With the new I-526 processing policy, will I get my petition approved faster?
- Why does a newborn of an EB-5 visa holder get a 10-year green card while the parents get conditional green cards?
- With the new changes to I-526 processing, how can investors who could use cross-chargeability get green cards?
- Is the filing of I-829 based on the date of I-485 submission or the date when the conditional green card is issued?
- Does USCIS require interviews with EB-5 investors who adjust the status in the U.S.?
- Do I have to find a local immigration attorney for my EB-5 case?
- When do I get a conditional green card if my EB-5 priority date becomes current in Chart B but not in Chart A in the visa bulletin?
- When can I get an EB-5 visa interview after my priority date becomes current?
- How can investors use interchargeability at the I-526 stage?
- How can I travel internationally if I just file my EB-5 I-485 application?
- How can I transfer the EB-5 investment capital from the bank account in my home country to the U.S.?
- How can we require to expedite the processing of EB-5 visas?
- What is the timeline for setting up an EB-5 business and creating jobs?
- How long does it take from getting an I-526 approval to getting an EB-5 visa?
- How can a reentry permit impact my ability to apply for U.S. citizenship?
- How can I apply for U.S. citizenship with a conditional green card?
- How could a change of investment projects impact the status of a dependent in an EB-5 case?
- How can I file an E-2 application and an EB-5 at the same time?
- How can I stay in the U.S. with an approved I-526 and an expired F-1 visa?
- How can I strategically plan the timing of my EB-5 filing to meet the Nov. 21 deadline?
- How can I transfer my EB-2 priority date to my EB-5 application?
- Do I have to work with a regional center to raise EB-5 funds for my business?
- Does the petitioner count toward the job-creation requirement?
- Where should we start to raise capital from EB-5 investors?
- What happens if my EB-5 case gets into the visa retrogression?
- Can I change the country of chargeability of my EB-5 case while the I-526 is pending?
- What are the solutions for Indian investors whose dependents might age out due to the retrogression?
- Should I choose to change status or apply for an EB-5 visa on my I-526 form?
- How can we apply for EB-5 if we have stakes in a foreign company that will acquire a U.S. company?
- If the regional center I worked with gets terminated, will my I-485 application be approved?
- What are the current wait times for Australians?
- What is the requirement of the financial wellness of an EB-5 investor?
- Can I travel outside the U.S. with my student visa while my I-485 is pending?
- Why is my I-526 still pending after 37 months?
- What should I do if the adjudication of my I-526 is outside the normal time frame?
- How can I make a direct investment in a census tract that is not a TEA but still enjoy the low investment threshold?
- What requirements should a start-up meet in order to use EB-5 funds?
- Will aged-out EB-5 dependents be moved to a family-based immigration category automatically?
- Do I need to get an I-551 stamp with a pending I-829 if I do not plan to travel?
- How can I expand my online business to a brick-and-mortar store and qualify for EB-5?
- How can I switch investment project within the same regional center without losing my priority date?
- How can I change my petition from a family-based green card to an EB-5 direct investment?
- What does “EB-5 regional center visas unauthorized” mean in the Visa Bulletin?
- Which investment route of EB-5 could let me enter the U.S. faster, a regional center project or a direct investment?
- How can I gift money to my daughter for her EB-5 application as a conditional green card holder?
- How can I partner with a U.S. citizen in a direct investment and apply for EB-5?
- Are 20-year-old children too old to be included in an EB-5 application?
- How can I remove the condition on my EB-5 conditional green card through I-751 with a pending I-829?
- What should we do if our EB-5 I-485 RFE notice get lost in mail?
- Will a tourist visa affect my pending EB-5 application?
- How can I make my EB-5 application costs benefit me at tax time?
- Can I use domestic money to fund EB-5?
- Can certain adults be considered a dependent on EB-5 applications?
- How can I receive funding from investors to start EB-5 processing?
- How can EB-5 investors apply for U.S. residency for their parents?
- How can EB-5 applicants best prepare for their dependents to not age out of the process?
- What are the residency requirements for EB-5 principal applicants and dependents after the I-526 approval?
- How can a H-1B visa holder apply for direct EB-5 investment?
- What license does one need to provide EB-5 brokerage services in the U.S.?
- How is USCIS’ changing policy on accrued unlawful presence impacting EB-5 investors?
- How can China-born EB-5 applicants work legally in the U.S. after their H-1B expires?
- How can I add my child with mental illness to my EB-5 application?
- What options do I have if my I-526 got denied by USCIS?
- What fees should be taken into consideration when preparing for an EB-5 petition?
- How can I travel while waiting for my I-829 receipt and ASC letter?
- Who is eligible to file I-485?
- When could there be an EB-5 retrogression for Indian applicants?
- How could the travel ban impact my eligibility to get a green card through EB-5?
- How will a high job turnover rate impact my direct EB-5 application?
- At which stage of the EB-5 application can I add my spouse?
- What is the advantage of “direct investment” for Vietnamese EB-5 investors?
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- How can I apply for EB-5 based investment in a venture capital or angel fund?
- How quickly do EB-5 funds have to be redeployed after the loan is repaid to maintain investors” “at risk” status?
- What trouble could I get into by taking a job offer from an EB-5 entity?
- How will the recent announcement from USCIS of the Vietnamese EB-5 backlog impact my application?
- What is the timeline for investing in direct EB-5 projects?
- What are the odds of losing my EB-5 investment capital?
- How can I be “actively” engaged in the direct EB-5 investment?
- How can I use my U.S. income as source of funds for EB-5?
- What is the difference between the issuance date of EB-5 visa and the residency starting date on the green card?
- How will two pending immigration petition impact applicants?
- How does NCE manage investment that is redeployed into publicly traded securities?
- What due diligence should be done in a redeployment scenario?
- How can E-2 investment capital qualify for EB-5?
- How can I apply for EB-5 within the U.S. as a B1/B2 visa holder?
- What are the possibilities that other countries than will face EB-5 retrogression?
- When might the Department of Homeland Security regulations be implemented?
- What company structures are preferable for an EB-5 direct investment?
- How can I get I-551 stamp without an I-829 filing receipt?
- How will change of marital status influence the eligibility of the spouse to get a green card?
- What are some common exit strategies investors can use in an EB-5 regional center project?
- What are the pros and cons of making my 11-year-old son the main EB-5 applicant?
- What happens if I cannot enter the U.S. within 6 months after an EB-5 visa is issued?
- How much interest does an EB-5 investor earn on their redeployed capital?
- How can one EB-5 project include several “subprojects”?
- What does “at risk” for the purposes of redeployment mean?
- How can I get my investment capital back with a pending I-526?
- How could the proposed EB-5 regional center program comprehensive reform impact EB-5 investors?
- How can I use my company that support my H1-B visa for EB-5 direct investment?
- What is USCIS”s view towards legal medical/recreational marijuana-related EB-5 projects?
- How can I make both my wives dependents on my EB-5 application?
- What criteria does USCIS use to adjudicate I-829 applications?
- What are the securities requirements for a company to attract direct EB-5 investments?
- How do I structure my company to quality for a direct EB-5 investment?
- What happens if some investors receive the return of their original capital contribution while other investors’ funds are redeployed?
- How can I use Chinese real estate as collateral to a U.S. bank for my EB-5 investment?
- What is the process for USCIS to review the response to an RFE?
- How can I invest in two different businesses/projects to qualify for EB-5?
- What are the advantages of a government supported regional center project?
- How can I get my parents eligible as EB-5 dependents?
- How can I use cumulative gifts as source of funds?
- How can I prove EB-5 source of funds with a mortgage secured by inherited real estate?
- How can I change the location for consular interview?
- How can I apply for EB-5 if I have a pending I-130?
- How can an EB-5 dependent obtain a conditional green card separately from the main applicant?
- How can I remain in status and be free to travel outside the U.S. during an I-829 appeal?
- How can I receive gifted funds for EB-5 from an unrelated person?
- When should I apply to adjust my status through I-485 if I have a pending I-539?
- How do I maintain my immigrant status after my I-526 is approved?
- How do I avoid a “throwback tax” if I become a permanent resident through EB-5?
- What should I do if I withdrew my application but the regional center refuse to pay me back?
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