During an initial client consultation with fund managers, one of the first questions we ask is deceptively simple: “How large do you want the fund to be” or “How much are you raising?” When we ask why, the conversation can quickly become very interesting as the target set by the fund manager can be driven...
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If you’re a U.S. citizen engaged to or married to someone who lives abroad, there are two main ways to bring your partner to the United States. The K-1 fiancé(e) visa lets your partner enter the U.S. to marry you. The spousal visa is for couples who marry first, and then your spouse arrives as...
We get this question a lot from employers. The certified LCA lists $85,000. The employee has been paid $100,000 for two years. Business slows, a major account goes away, and the employer asks the obvious question: can we go back down to the $85,000 we certified? Usually the answer is no. The LCA wage is...
One day before it was set to take effect, a federal district court blocked the DHS rule ending “duration of status” (D/S) for F-1, J-1, and I nonimmigrants. On September 14, 2026, Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV (D. Mass.) entered a nationwide preliminary injunction barring DHS and ICE from implementing the rule while the litigation...
On September 11, 2026, DHS published a new rule in the Federal register titled “Eliminating the Discretionary 60-day Grace Period,” with comments due 60 days later, which puts the deadline at November 10, 2026. The short version: if this rule is finalized as drafted, a nonimmigrant worker whose employment ends is out of status and...
Last October I wrote about the Supreme Court declining to hear Save Jobs USA v. DHS, and I said at the time that the decision did nothing to stop a future administration from revisiting the program through new regulatory action. That is exactly what is now happening. DHS has placed a rule on the Unified...
For EB-5 investors pursuing permanent residence through the Regional Center Program, September 30, 2026, is an important date. It is tied to the statutory grandfathering protection created by the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 (RIA). This does not mean that the entire EB-5 Regional Center Program automatically disappears on September 30, 2026. The...
Despite the launch of Bitcoin in 2009, the SEC finally built the first framework for the crypto asset class through its August 18, 2026 proposal of “Regulation Crypto Assets”. While this proposal represents a critical development for crypto fund managers, it also requires careful analysis to understand how it could affect crypto fund operations and...