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The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released “Higher Education: Challenges in Attracting International Students to the United States and Implications for Global Competitiveness.” The report notes that more international students obtain a higher education in the U.S. than in any other country, and they make valuable contributions while they are here. For those students… Read More

A new report on the future of small business, authored by the Institute for the Future, finds that immigrant entrepreneurs will drive a new wave of globalization, and that U.S. immigration policy and the outcome of the current immigration debates will affect how this segment performs over the next decade. The “Intuit Future of Small… Read More

For more than 40 years, immigration attorney Mark Ivener (biography – PDF) has exclusively practiced immigration law. He has lectured numerous times on U.S. immigration law, visas and EB-5 investor Green Cards for organizations such as the World Trade Institute; the International, California and Los Angeles Bar Associations; the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA); Immigration… Read More

Over the past few weeks, I have been posting thoughts on the key EB-5 developments of 2018. We’ve covered changes to the Regional Center Program, as well as the shifts in wait times and utilization that the program has seen recently. Today I’ll be closing out our 2018 review series by discussing the changes that… Read More

Chambers is a foremost ranking organization of lawyers and law firms around the world. The following are clients’ and attorneys’ quotes in Chambers about Mark Ivener. Chambers USA 2017 States: “Mark Ivener … is a highly experienced and respected figure in the California immigration market. Among other immigration services, Ivener continues to be a leading… Read More