A brief federal government shutdown ended this morning as the House and the Senate passed a Continuing Resolution (the “CR”) which provides a bipartisan budget bill that raises spending caps for two years and funds the federal government through March 23, 2018. The President signed the bill this morning. This new short-term extension has the effect of extending the EB-5 Regional Center Program in its existing form, meaning individual investors may continue to file I-526 petitions until this date. Read more ›