EB-5 Investment Litigation

The EB-5 immigrant investor visa, as a job creating and investment program for foreign investors seeking U.S. permanent residency, can be complex for the client, the immigration lawyer, and for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service. With the best of intentions, when USCIS makes a wrong call on a Form I-526 or Form I-829 petition, the Wright Law Firm can take the case to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to seek a reversal of the USCIS’s decision and approval of the visa.

Jason Wright paid his way through law school as law clerk to a leading immigration firm and worked nearly exclusively on EB-5 visa petitions. Since starting his private practice in 2014, Jason Wright has picked up the reigns and emerged as the leading litigator in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf foreign investors challenging USCIS decisions Form I-526 and Form I-829 petitions.

Recent Matters

• Won a case for a foreign investor who invested $500,000 into a Hyatt Hotel construction project in Florida. (Lin v. DHS, 16-cv-502, D.D.C., 2016) (Case Settled, and Form I-526 Approved).
• Won a case for a foreign investor who invested $500,000 into a luxury Marriott hotel project in Chattanooga. (Ibrahim v. DHS, 16-cv-1719, D.D.C, 2016) (Case Approved on Remand).
• Won a case for six foreign investors in a $3,000,000 hospital improvement project in Alabama to overrule denial of their Form I-526 petitions. (Gan v. DHS, 16-cv-711, D.D.C., 2016) (Case Approved on Remand).
• Represented fourteen foreign investors in a $7,000,000 investment into a logistics and warehousing company in California to overrule denial of their Form I-526 petitions. (Am. Logistics Int’l v. DHS, 15-cv-682, D.D.C., 2015) (joint dismissal).
• Represented a foreign investor who invested $500,000 into a luxury, Marriott Hotel in Chattanooga to overrule denial of her Form I-526 petition. (Wu v. DHS, 16-cv-2529, D.D.C. 2016) (voluntary dismissal).
• Won a mandamus case to compel agency decisions for twelve investors who had a three-year delay in the adjudications of their Form I-526 petitions. (Chang, et al. v. DHS, 17-cv-2077, D.D.C. 2017) (voluntary dismissal).
• Represent ten investors with a $5,000,000 investment in a senior living town club in Florida to overrule denial of their Form I-526 petitions. (Chang II, et al. v. DHS, 18-cv-659, D.D.C. 2018) (Case pending).
• Represent an investor with a $500,000 investment in a senior living residential facility in Georgia to overrule denial of her Form I-526 petition. (Jhao v. DHS, 18-cv-1476, D.D.C. 2018) (Case pending).
• Represent a South Korean real estate developer to obtain an EB-5 visa approval at consular processing.