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The United States and Canada: EB-5 thresholds and deadlines, the obligations attached to a green card, and Canada’s suspended start-up visa with capital already committed.
12 Sep 2026
Homeland Security proposes deleting the paragraph that, for up to 60 days, stops an E-2 investor being treated as out of status merely because the qualifying activity stopped; comments close 10 November 2026.
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1 Sep 2026
When a statute commences, when a treaty enters into force, which temporal rule governs a filing and which text prevails are four separate questions. An instrument can settle one and leave the next open.
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29 Aug 2026
A 23 December 2022 boundary and the 18 September 2026 effective date divide pending and new Form I-485 filings into three public-charge frameworks.
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28 Aug 2026
An unnamed official told the Associated Press the pause should end by mid-September. The department has not said which categories it covers, so an approved investor cannot tell if it reaches their interview.
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28 Aug 2026
EB-5 would charge more where the business receiving the money operates mainly in an area with unemployment well below the national rate. The tier is a proposal; its comment period closed on 31 August 2026.
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23 Aug 2026
The word is settled one layer down from the programme page: in a general immigration law, an administrative manual or a partnership statute. In two of five routes, no immigration text read names the clause.
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21 Aug 2026
A new residence card, a second passport or a long lease does not move a tax obligation. Three major authorities use three different tests, and a person can cross the line in two of them in the same year.
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11 Aug 2026
US law protects processing of certain regional-centre petitions filed by 30 September 2026; the programme is authorised to 30 September 2027. Neither date guarantees approval or the return of capital.
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10 Aug 2026
The 30 June 2026 deadline closed the last window for certain 2025 commitments. Applications accepted before it continue; the proposed replacement pilot remains a policy plan on the pages reviewed.
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7 Aug 2026
The Department of Homeland Security has proposed raising the Form N-400 fee by 75% while abolishing both the reduced fee and the fee waiver. Comments close on 24 August 2026, and no effective date has been set.
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