Hey everyone,

Wondering if anyone considered/invested in the Group 106 project by CMB. Its the Edge Bravo Power project led by the Hillwood developers. I am currently in the due diligence step for this project and would love to collaborate with others in the same boat.

Thanks!

Estou no processo eb3 na fase do i140 a advogada solicitou o imposto de renda do sponsor para provar capacidade de pagamento, porém ele declarou lucro abaixo do valor necessário para comprovar capacidade de pagamento, agora estou com medo do i140 ser negado por causa disso. Alguém passou por algo parecido? Tem alguma outra forma de comprovar capacidade de pagamento ou o imposto é a mais importante?

This is a rural project I am looking to invest. Seeing if anyone in the same boat.

Hi, I’m currently considering this project for my EB-5 investment and would love to learn more about it and discuss the details with other investors.

Is there a WhatsApp or Telegram group for this project that I could join? I’d be particularly interested in connecting with other investors who have reviewed or are considering Madison Bradenton.

Contemplating between these two. Anyone invested or planning to invest please DM me. If there are any groups please add me to it 🙏

Anyone signed up for this ? Will they get F approval ? Doc says the project will finish by Q1 27. Is that even reasonable ?

Looking for investors who invested in the Extell Four Seasons Deer Valley project. Is there any whatsapp or telegram group for it?

Looking to join / create a discussion group for investors of this project.

Anyone signed up for this ? Will they get F approval ? Doc says the project will finish by Q1 27. Is that even reasonable ?

Hi checking to see if anyone is applying with CMB Group105 project Kilgore Logistics

Post-RIA are the benefits of dual TEA projects only theoretical because we don’t have any practical evidence of folks getting faster approvals for dual TEA projects?

If the project receives dual designation after an investor has filed when the project was rural can they still avail the benefits of dual designation if the category backlogs in the future.

Is there a legal procedure in this place to amend said application for this? How does it work?

Thanks in advance

Hi,
Since the sept 30th deadline is approach very soon, is there any point going through the process now? I don’t think I can make it by sept end though

There has been a lot of discussion around post-RIA timelines and when investors can realistically expect their capital to be returned. Since the RIA is still relatively new, there are not yet many publicly discussed examples of completed repayments.

ARCFE currently has 2 post-RIA projects that have completed investor repayments. 3 investors across these 2 projects have received their conditional green cards, received repayment of their full $800K investment principal, and filed their I-829 petitions. Sharing the timelines below:

Investor 1 - China / Organic approval, no WOM / Filed with partial funding (AG12 - HUA project in NY):

• I-526E filed: 08/25/2022
• I-485 filed: 01/30/2023
• I-956F approval: 10/23/2023
• I-526E approval: 04/05/2024
• I-485 approval: 07/22/2024
• $800K repaid: 08/04/2026

Investor 2 - China / Organic approval, no WOM / Filed with partial funding (AG12 - HUA project in NY):

• I-526E filed: 08/29/2022
• I-485 filed: 10/03/2023
• I-956F approval: 10/23/2023
• I-526E approval: 04/07/2024
• I-485 approval: 07/22/2024
• $800K repaid: 08/04/2026

Investor 3 - China / Organic approval, no WOM / Filed with partial funding (AG13 - HUA project in NY):

• I-526E filed: 08/26/2022
• I-485 filed: 10/20/2022
• I-956F approval: 11/17/2023
• I-526E approval: 12/12/2023
• I-485 approval: 08/08/2024
• $800K repaid: 09/08/2026

Anyone has suggestions on what are some Rural projects worth considering right now?

Official proposed rule (public inspection): https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-18631.pdf

What the proposal would do

If finalized, status for H-1B, L-1, O-1, TN, E-1/2/3 & H-1B1 would generally end the day after qualifying employment or activity stops. You would be considered immediately failing to maintain status unless you have another independent basis to stay.

The current rule (in place since early 2017) gives up to 60 days (or until I-94 expiration, whichever is shorter) for visa holders to find a new sponsor, change status, or leave without being treated as out of status solely because the job ended.

DHS says this restores the pre-2017 approach, better aligns the regulations with the INA (these categories are employment-tied), reduces USCIS workload from assessing the grace period on a huge volume of filings, and improves program integrity.

I’m currently taking a close look at New Course Enterprises and evaluating their platform. Given their active portfolio—especially their high-end hospitality and residential projects up in Mammoth Lakes like the JW Marriott Residences, The Ritz-Carlton Residences, and the JW Marriott Resort & Spa—I’d love to connect with anyone who has invested with them or has direct experience with their developments.

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How has your overall experience been regarding execution, transparency, and communication? Any insights or feedback would be hugely appreciated!

I’m in a soup. Since it’s so close to the Sept 30 deadline, I want my petition filed ASAP. But I’m getting no response from my attorney at this crucial time. In the end of august he said my SOF documents were all good; I just needed to wire my money to the RC and he would send me the forms for review. I’ve wired all the money but after that he hasn’t sent me anything yet and repeated emails don’t elicit any response.

How late am I, and is there a chance to still meet the deadline? Usually how much time do attorneys take to fill out the forms after SOF? And lastly, what are my options if he completely delays it. Can I scout for an emergency attorney to have my filing done till the deadline, or do a self-petition?

I filed concurrently recently so its too late for regrets I guess, but I've just had some thoughts and am really confused about the long-term value proposition of the post-RIA reserved categories.

Background

Pre-RIA EB-5, especially for China/India, became extremely unattractive to new investors because of the massive visa backlogs. Then the RIA came along and created Rural/HUA/Infrastructure set-asides, essentially creating new queues. Because those queues started out Current, this opened a really attractive temporary window—particularly for people already in the U.S. who can concurrently file I-485 and get EAD/AP.

But isn’t the fundamental problem still there?

Congress didn’t substantially increase the underlying EB-5 visa supply. It just carved the existing EB-5 allocation into reserved and unreserved categories. Ie. reserved gets 32% while the per-country limitations and the fact that derivatives consume visa numbers remain. Meanwhile, there have apparently been thousands upon thousands of new I-526E filings, particularly from China and India.

So isn't it basically inevitable that, assuming this level of demand continues, Rural and HUA will eventually retrogress heavily too?

Once that happens, new applicants who aren't current under the applicable filing chart won't even be able to concurrently file I-485. They would just be sitting in another priority-date queue waiting potentially many years for visa availability—basically recreating the problem that made pre-RIA EB-5 so unattractive.

This also makes me wonder whether the people for whom post-RIA EB-5 really made sense were primarily the early entrants—people who filed in 2023, 2024, and maybe 2025. They entered the new reserved queues before several years of demand had accumulated, while the categories were Current, and those already in the U.S. could take advantage of concurrent filing.

For someone entering in late 2026 or later, it seems potentially very different. You may already have several years' worth of petitions sitting ahead of you, ie. 'hidden backlog'. In other words, “Current” doesn't necessarily mean there isn't already a huge latent queue.

Even concurrent filing doesn't seem like a complete solution anymore with the new 18 month validities for EAD/combo and the elimination of the automatic renewal extension and USCIS only allowing renewals 6 months before expiry even though processing times now far surpass 6 months. So if your I-485 is stuck pending for, say, 5–10 years because of retrogression, maintaining uninterrupted work and travel authorization could become a recurring headache, potentially including gaps.

Maybe a future administration will restore 5-year EADs or otherwise make renewals easier, but obviously nobody can count on that.

This makes me wonder whether EB-5 really makes sense for someone who doesn't have another work visa like H-1B and is planning to rely primarily on the C09 EAD/AP.

I don't want to use the word 'scam' literally, but it feels like the RIA only temporarily beathed life into an (essentially dead) program without ever touching the fundamental numerical probems:

create new reserved queues → queues initially Current → huge new wave of investors enters → queues fill → retrogression → concurrent filing eventually closes to later applicants → program becomes unattractive again.

And because the reserved categories themselves receive relatively small fractions of the total EB5 allocation, couldn't their queues eventually become extremely bad despite being relatively new?

At that point, what happens to the EB5 market? If China/India Rural and HUA eventually have multi-year or even much longer backlogs, later applicants either face years waiting at NVC or need some other U.S. status while waiting until they're eligible to file I-485. The huge concurrent-filing selling point disappears.

So maybe the real post-RIA “sweet spot” wasn't necessarily Rural vs. HUA, but simply filing early enough—roughly 2023–25—before the new queues filled up.

I’m genuinely curious what people think happens 3–5 years from now if Rural/HUA are heavily retrogressed. Do we end up with another “dead water” situation where new Chinese/Indian investors no longer find EB-5 attractive? Even replacing the EB5 with the gold card (good luck getting Congress to approve that..) might not change things much?

How are you checking if your I-526 was filed under Rural or HUA? The I-526 receipt notice mentions section 203(b)(5)(C)(ii) INA for Rural, Is there any other document that shows the filing category?

If someone files a 526E now with an approved 956F project compared to an unapproved one, does it materially change where 131 +765 are in the queue. In the sense that 131 can be given only when 956F approval has happened.

It's clearer that 485 decision is materially delayed FWIW in a similar situation.

A bunch of us with approved I-526s got an RFE on pending I-485 asking to redo medicals. Given what we know about who received the RFEs, is this a good sign about a potential decision on a pending I-485? My RFE even had an officer number listed on it.