Chief, Business and Foreign Workers Division, Office of Policy and Strategy

1615-AC11 202004 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1615 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services USCIS 1600 Department of Homeland Security DHS EB-5 Immigrant Investor Regional Center Program

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is considering making regulatory changes to the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Regional Center Program. DHS issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to seek comment from the public on several topics, including: (1) The process for initially designating entities as regional centers, (2) a potential requirement for regional centers to utilize an exemplar filing process, (3) continued participation requirements for maintaining regional center designation; and (4) the process for terminating regional center designation. While DHS has gathered some information related to these topics, the ANPRM sought additional information that can help the Department make operational and security updates to the Regional Center Program while minimizing the impact of such changes on regional center operations and EB-5 investors.

]]> Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Long-Term Actions No Undetermined Other 8 CFR 204 8 CFR 216 8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(5) Pub. L. 102-395, secs. 610 and 601(a) Pub. L. 107-273, sec. 11037 Pub. L. 101-649, sec. 121(a) Pub. L. 105-119, sec. 116 Pub. L. 106-396, sec. 402 Pub. L. 108-156, sec. 4 Pub. L. 112-176, sec. 1 Pub. L. 114-113, sec. 575 Pub. L. 114-53, sec. 131 Pub. L. 107-273 No ANPRM 01/11/2017 82 FR 3211 ANPRM Comment Period End 04/11/2017 NPRM 12/00/2021 Yes Businesses None No No www.regulations.gov www.regulations.gov Yes No Paul Buono Chief, Business and Foreign Workers Division, Office of Policy and Strategy 1615 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services USCIS 240 721-3000 5900 Capital Gateway Drive, Suite 4S190, Camp Springs MD 20588-0009