Robert Cornish practices in the legal areas of litigation, arbitration, regulatory and compliance matters for broker-dealers, investment advisers, hedge funds, and many other organizations in the United States and abroad. He places particular emphasis on alternative investment cases, broker-dealer and EB-5 fund formation, compliance and governance matters such as litigation, arbitration and enforcement. Cornish previously served as chief legal and compliance officer and in-house counsel for prominent investment firms, where he acquired valuable experience handling complex business management and marketing matters for investment management clients.
Recognized as one of the most experienced securities attorneys in the EB-5 arena by his peers, as well as a thought leader on broker-dealer and investment adviser compliance in the EB-5 space, Cornish is often asked to speak on such matters to industry participants and others. Cornish is a member of the EB5 Securities Roundtable, a group of leading EB-5 securities attorneys organized to facilitate best practices in the offerings of EB-5 securities and to urge harmonization of the EB-5 program with securities laws.
Answers to EB-5 219 Questions Answered
- How can I know if my regional center is reliable?
- How can I access EB-5 project documents before investing?
- Could a tech services business qualify as an EB-5 investment?
- How should investors review their EB-5 investment agreements?
- How can I ensure that my EB-5 investment is returned per the contract after I-526 denial?
- How can I get my EB-5 investment money back if I am not pursuing a green card anymore?
- How can I invest in an EB-5 visa using cryptocurrency funds?
- How can an EB-5 regional center refuse to return the investment amount seven years after project completion?
- How should I withdraw my EB-5 funds?
- How can I improve my chances of Cancellation of Removal for Lawful Permanent Residents after an EB-5 I-829 denial?
- How can I move funds from my Canadian corporation to an EB-5 regional center investment?
- How can earnings related to Forex financial markets be used as EB-5 investment?
- How can investors do due diligence on EB-5 regional centers and service providers?
- How can I take action against the EB-5 project that still has not completed my investment payout?
- What are my legal options if my EB-5 project fails and I am not able to get my funds back?
- How does direct EB-5 work with limited partnerships?
- What to do if I suspect potential EB-5 investment fraud?
- What happens to my EB-5 I-829 if the regional center goes bankrupt?
- What can I do to take my EB-5 money back if the developer exercises two one-year extensions?
- How can I have the EB-5 regional center I invested in return my money due to the DHS withdrawal of appeal that ified the price increase?
- How can EB-5 investors with denied I-829s avoid deportation when the project is allegedly involved in fraud?
- How do EB-5 investors meet the at-risk and sustained investment criteria with a failing project during their conditional residency period?
- What is the risk of the necessity for reinvestment if the processing of a UAE-based EB-5 application takes too long?
- How does a matured EB-5 investors loan affect our future I-829 application?
- What will happen to my EB-5 I-829 if job creation is delayed?
- What happens to my EB-5 funds if I do not submit an RFE response for I-526?
- When should I expect to get my EB-5 funds back?
- What is the first step to successfully getting EB-5 money back?
- What happens if I do not give my consent to the EB-5 regional center when they seek to redeploy my funds after the original loan term is over?
- How can we get a refund for our EB-5 investment that got rejected due to project failure?
- How can we best perform due diligence while looking at potential EB-5 regional centers?
- How can I prevent NCE from keeping my EB-5 investment money?
- How can I follow up with USCIS to get my EB-5 withdrawal acknowledged?
- How will it affect my EB-5 application if the company I invested in files for bankruptcy after my I-526 is approved?
- What is the impact of EB-5 redeployment on me obtaining my permanent green card?
- How can I establish my own EB-5 Regional Center in a TEA zone?
- How do I deal with the source of funds requirement if I am the only direct EB-5 investor in a project?
- How can I withdraw an I-526 petition that has not been approved yet?
- My I-526 has been pending for over 4 years, what can I do with my EB-5 application?
- What will happen with my I-829 approval if the jobs created in my EB-5 project are not enough for all investors?
- What happens if the EB-5 job creating enterprise changes, will it count as a material change?
- How can I bring on a federal lawsuit against the EB-5 Regional Centers because of the reauthorization lapse?
- What law protects EB-5 investors if a regional center or attorney acts in negligence?
- How can I and 63 other EB-5 investors launch a regional center class action lawsuit?
- What are the litigation options for an EB-5 investor in the US with a denied I-485?
- How can I use Forex Trading (UK) returns as a source of funds for my EB-5 petition?
- How can an EB-5 class action lawsuit be filed against USCIS or the US government?
- How do I get started with direct EB-5 investing?
- How can I redeploy or get the rest of my EB-5 investment back if the project fails?
- How do I demonstrate that my EB-5 funds are from a lawful source?
- What happens if the direct EB-5 program changes the minimum investment amount after I file a petition?
- How can I prove that the area where I plan on investing falls in a TEA if I cannot get a TEA letter?
- With a pending I-829, can I receive part of my capital back without redeploying or will I get an RFE?
- Since my EB-5 project has financial issues, how can I change my conditional green card to a B visa?
- How can we make our business an EB-5 investment?
- How can I withdraw my EB-5 investment and get money back?
- How do I as a hospitality company find EB-5 direct investors?
- How can we escrow the EB-5 investment after the I-526 approval?
- Can I as an Afghan investor get priority for EB-5 due to the circumstances in my country?
- What happens if I file my EB-5 petition with the $500K amount and then the amount increases before my I-526 petition is adjudicated?
- What happens with my I-829 petition if the EB-5 regional center program dies?
- Would the reasonable redeployment period be considered as “at risk” for EB-5?
- What happens with my EB-5 application and investment now when the EB-5 program was not reauthorized?
- What happens if I apply for EB-5 now at $500K and then USCIS increases the investment amount?
- Since I have invested $900,000 in a TEA, what happens with my EB-5 application now since the investment amount has returned to $500,000?
- What happens if the EB-5 project has created 90% of the required jobs but then fails?
- What happens with my EB-5 investment if the EB-5 program is not reauthorized on June 30?
- Does USCIS require that the jobs for the EB-5 project still be in existence at the time of the I-829 petition?
- What happens if an EB-5 project has created sufficient jobs, but fails to be completed? How does it impact my EB-5 green card?
- What are the chances of I-829 approval if the EB-5 project is delayed and not finished?
- Is a completion delay of an EB-5 project considered as material change?
- How can I raise funds and create an EB-5 fund to help EB-5 investors get a green card if they invest?
- What does it mean when an EB-5 regional center has created 80% of the jobs for a project?
- As an EB-5 investor with an approved I-526, what happens now when the company I invested in went bankrupt due to COVID?
- What is the best economic model to use when developing an EB-5 project?
- What are the implications of a SEC investigation of an EB-5 regional center for its projects?
- What options are there for Chinese nationals to speed along the immigration process?
- How can I use my EB-5 investment as collateral for a secured loan?
- What happens to the EB-5 investors if the USCIS terminates the regional center they have chosen to work with?
- How can I set up an EB-5 project where the escrow and LLC accounts are one in the same?
- How will the new Trump administration impact the EB-5 program?
- As an EB-5 investor, how can I get my money back if I no longer wish to obtain a green card?
- What kind of documents should we compile to show our source of funds?
- How will the EB-5 visa backlog affect EB-5 projects with EB-5 investment funds in escrow?
- What will happen if I withdraw my EB-5 application after I-526 approval?
- What happens to pending I-526 petitions if the EB-5 program expires on April 28, 2017?
- How do partnership investments work in the EB-5 program?
- What are the risks of investing in a regional center project with no escrow agreement?
- Why might I-526 petitions in a particular EB-5 project be pending for a long time?
- How can I qualify for EB-5 via a new or existing VC fund?
- What is the difference between using a migration agency and an EB-5 attorney?
- How quickly can EB-5 investment funds be accessed?
- Who is responsible for checking the standing of a regional center with the SEC?
- How can a non-accredited investor participate in the EB-5 program?
- Which court has jurisdiction over my EB-5 case?
- What documents are necessary from the EB-5 regional center?
- What is the cost and time involved in starting a regional center?
- How can we get our investment back if the principal EB-5 investor died?
- Why does it matter if an EB-5 attorney is affiliated with a regional center?
- What are the state-level requirements for becoming a regional center?
- How can I monitor my funds invested in an EB-5 project?
- What kind of deal structure is typical for EB-5 projects?
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- How do I process my EB-5 application with an EB-5 law firm?
- What is the difference between an EB-5 attorney and an immigration attorney?
- What would the buyer of an EB-5 regional center be paying for?
- Who do we hire if want to start an EB-5 regional center?
- How does the regional center decide who gets the job credit?
- When do I hire an EB-5 immigration attorney?
- What costs are there beyond the EB-5 investment amount?
- What are the benefits of investing in EB-5 besides the visa?
- What are my options if an EB-5 project fails before permanent status?
- When should an EB-5 regional center have I-924 approval?
- What are the financial requirements to form an EB-5 regional center?
- What are the requirements for transferring funds for EB-5 investment?
- How would an EB-5 regional center diverting funds affect an I-829 petition?
- How will the Sept. 30 deadline affect direct EB-5 investors?
- How will an I-485 delay affect I-829 filing?
- What are the most important documents to review before an EB-5 investment?
- What portion of the EB-5 investment can be inventory?
- What is the next step after EB-5 petition denial?
- What incentives can regional centers offer EB-5 investors?
- What criteria should be considered to select an EB-5 attorney?
- How do immigration attorneys help EB-5 project developers?
- How do I evaluate an individual EB-5 project?
- How can EB-5 investors from China get green cards faster?
- Who can transfer the funds to the EB-5 regional center?
- How can I work with a U.S. EB-5 attorney while in my own country?
- Which EB-5 professionals will a regional center provide for me?
- What is the role of an EB-5 regional center?
- What does it mean if an EB-5 regional center is government-affiliated?
- How will an SEC lawsuit affect my EB-5 visa eligibility?
- When is an EB-5 regional center required?
- What are the requirements for EB-5 program developers?
- How can we advance an EB-5 case affected by the 1998 AAO decisions?
- How will filing a mandamus help my EB-5 application?
- How can a submitted EB-5 application be corrected?
- What may disqualify someone from managing an EB-5 regional center?
- How does the EB-5 visa program differ by U.S. state?
- How do I vet a specific EB-5 regional center project?
- What financial information do projects provide to EB-5 investors?
- How can I immediately qualify for the EB-5 visa and move to the United States?
- When should a potential EB-5 investor choose an immigration attorney?
- How can an EB-5 regional center legally accept administrative fees?
- How do regional centers decide when they will return the EB-5 funds?
- What parts of the EB-5 process can immigration attorneys advise on?
- What types of loans can be used for an EB-5 investment?
- What is the current status of the EB-5 regional center program?
- How does direct EB-5 compare to regional center investment?
- How will my EB-5 case be affected by attorney disbarment?
- How can I safely choose an EB-5 project before program changes occur?
- How do I create my own EB-5 regional center?
- Who can apply for the EB-5 program?
- How can an investor with dual citizenship apply for the EB-5 program?
- How do I make and maintain an at risk EB-5 investment?
- Who pays back an EB-5 investor in a regional center project?
- What EB-5 professionals should be consulted before applying?
- How can I ensure that an EB-5 attorney is not working with a regional center?
- Where can EB-5 investment funds originate from?
- What organizations are eligible to become regional centers?
- How can a Libyan investor successfully apply for an EB-5 visa?
- How much money total is required for an EB-5 visa?
- What role do immigration attorneys have in providing EB-5 investment advice?
- What happens to EB-5 investors in a project if a regional center is terminated?
- What are the requirements for forming a regional center in Puerto Rico?
- What is an attorney responsible for on a submitted EB-5 case?
- How would an Uzbekistan citizen transition from the E-2 visa to EB-5?
- How can one business buy another and qualify for EB-5?
- How are EB-5 investment opportunities affected by state versus federal law?
- What is the legal relationship between the regional center and the EB-5 project?
- How quick is the EB-5 process versus other U.S. green card categories?
- What recourse do EB-5 investors have in cases of fraud?
- What services are EB-5 immigration attorneys supposed to provide?
- How can an investor invest in two companies and qualify for EB-5?
- How will reauthorization affect subsequent I-526s in a project?
- When will an EB-5 investor need a translator?
- What management role would an EB-5 investor have in a regional center project?
- What does a NOID mean for an I-526 petition?
- What licenses are required to operate an EB-5 regional center?
- What information do attorneys require from EB-5 applicants?
- What is the next step after an EB-5 project is shut down?
- How can you find out if an EB-5 project is legal?
- When can gambling earnings be used for an EB-5 investment?
- What is a “new” business when investing through direct EB-5?
- How much of an EB-5 investment must be used on project development?
- What costs count toward EB-5 when franchising a foreign brand?
- What securities laws apply to EB-5 investors recruiting other applicants?
- How can the owner of an outsourced U.S. business apply for EB-5?
- What documents are needed to start the EB-5 application process?
- What is the role of a RIA versus a broker-dealer in EB-5?
- When can a regional center facilitate contact between EB-5 investors?
- What are Regulation S and Regulation D?
- How can a non-accredited EB-5 investor invest through a regional center?
- How far in advance of development can a project seek EB-5 funding?
- How can we prove EB-5 source of funds with transfer restrictions in place?
- What is the best option for earning a return on an EB-5 investment?
- How can a business make changes after EB-5 investment?
- How will increased EB-5 securities compliance retroactively affect investors?
- How can a novice investor ensure the success of their EB-5 investment?
- What type of business structure is eligible for EB-5 direct investment?
- How will the adoption of Regulation A+ affect EB-5 offerings?
- How much does it cost to immigrate through EB-5?
- How can an EB-5 investment be insured considering the at risk rule?
- What should a securities attorney know about the EB-5 program?
- How can an EB-5 investor determine regional center quality?
- How can an EB-5 investor keep their funds secure in escrow?
- Where can an EB-5 project be listed to attract investors?
- What qualifications should an EB-5 immigration attorney have?
- What can an EB-5 investor do if they are dissatisfied with project progress?
- How do I find the best EB-5 project in terms of investment?
- How can I turn my business into an EB-5 regional center?
- What are the SEC rules regarding non-accredited EB-5 investors?
- How are EB-5 funds usually returned after I-829 approval?
- How are public-private EB-5 projects different?
- How will I-526 approval affect processing times for subsequent investors in a project?
- When is a regional center required to file an amendment?
- How can I invest directly into two businesses through EB-5?
- What role do banks play in financing an EB-5 project?
- What offering documents are required for an EB-5 direct investment?
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EB5 Investors Magazine and EB5investors.com Articles
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What does Regulation BI mean for the EB-5 industry?
There are two key points that EB-5 projects using a broker-dealer for fund distribution must consider under this regulation by the SEC.
Robert V Cornish Jr
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Making sense of the proposed revisions to the finder’s exemption in EB-5 offerings
To facilitate EB-5 capital formation, SEC has proposed to substitute the finder’s interpretations with a proposed exemption to the registration requirements, creating two types of finders.
Robert V Cornish Jr
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What the EB-5 Industry can learn from Hedge Funds?
Like the hedge fund industry, the EB-5 industry must take the steps necessary to demonstrate that it is worthy of regulation befitting market participants who realize that what they do affects perceptions of U.S. financial markets both domestically and abroad.
Robert V Cornish Jr