tea reform

Map of Targeted Areas under March 2018 Proposed EB-5 Reform Legislation

Areas formerly known as TEAs? A draft of proposed reform and reauthorization of the EB-5 Immigrant Investment program began to circulate Friday, March 9th. Among many revisions to the existing program, the draft included new definitions of areas that to … Read More

Potential TEA Definitions: The Most Recently Proposed Legislation (July 2017)

Update Aug 1, 2017: See our full article in the IIUSA Regional Center Business Journal on page 30. Though very unlikely to actually expire, the EB-5 Regional Center Program is again set to sunset in the coming fall and the … Read More

New TEA Definitions Proposed in December 2016

Another Round of TEA Proposals The future definitions of Targeted Employment Areas (“TEAs”) still hangs in the balance as both potential regulatory changes and new legislation continue to make the rounds. Right now, the EB-5 community is in a tizzy about … Read More

Changes on the Horizon: The TEA Overhaul That Almost Happened, Part 3

 Today we conclude our deep look into the TEA Overhaul proposed in Discussion Draft MDM15J40, as introduced in Part 1 here. In Part 2, we discussed three of the five new types of Targeted Employment Areas (TEAs): Military Base Areas, … Read More

Changes on the Horizon: The TEA Overhaul That Almost Happened, Part 2

TEA Overhaul Dissected The other week, we skimmed the surface of what the future of Targeted Employment Areas (TEAs) might look like by introducing the changes presented in Discussion Draft MDM15J40 – a bill that circulated Congress in mid-December and … Read More

Changes on the Horizon: The TEA Overhaul That Almost Happened, Part 1

The Future of TEAs in EB-5 As we reviewed in the previous post, the EB-5 Regional Center Program (“the Program”) is facing some changes in the coming year. Obviously, new legislation has not been finalized – therefore, we cannot know … Read More

Changes on the Horizon: Discussions of Looming EB-5 Reform

Update January 2017: Continuing articles on potential TEA reform December 2016 TEA Proposal October 2016 TEA Proposal Series on 2015 legislation proposals Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 EB-5’s TEA Reform Drama The last six months have seen a lot of … Read More