In an interoffice memorandum the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that oversight for policy and regulation development, field guidance, form design, case auditing, and training regarding Regional Center adjudications and associated investor petitions within the EB5 Investor Program, shall reside with PRD/Investor and Regional Center Unit (IRCU).

The U.S. Department of Labor finally published the much awaited regulation for the Permanent Foreign Labor Certification (PERM) program. The PERM program helps meet workforce needs when there are no available American workers to fill an available job.

USCIS has announced a public informational meeting on the Immigration Investor Pilot Program and Regional Centers on September 17, 2004. Persons interested in attending the meeting have been requested to email their RSVP to confirm their attendance by no later than August 30, 2004.