Golden Gate Global (GGG) has again been awarded the I-829 award. Founded in 2011, Golden Gate Global has 12 EB-5 funds invested in high quality real estate development projects. This award celebrates GGG’s accomplishment in receiving I-829 approvals for its investors.
There are 632 regional centers currently registered by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), but only 17 of them (that are IIUSA-member regional centers) actually took the families that invested in their EB-5 projects all the way through the final step of the EB-5 immigration process. These companies were recognized with the I-829 award by EB-5 industry trade group Invest In the USA (IIUSA). The accolade was received by GGG Managing Director, Legal & ComplianceMine Ekim, at the IIUSA EB-5 Industry Achievement Awards ceremony on April 12, 2022, in Orlando, Florida, during the first IIUSA Forum since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Founded in 2005, IIUSA is the national membership-based 501(c)(6) not-for-profit industry trade association for the EB-5 Regional Center Program.
The I-829 petition is the culmination of an investor’s EB-5 visa process. As the last step in their EB-5 journey, an I-829 petition approval from the USCIS removes the investor’s conditional residency restriction so that the investor, their spouse, and their unmarried children under the age of 21 can live in the United States permanently.
This honor underscores GGG’s extensive list of accolades, including IIUSA’s Regional Center of the Year Award (2019), and Public-Private Partnership of the Year Award (2018). Moreover, as a long-standing member of IIUSA and its board of directors, GGG leadership has been and continues to be a driving force in the effort on Capitol Hill to further regulate, expand market transparency, and strengthen the EB-5 Regional Center Program for years to come.
The award was received by Mine Ekim, Managing Director, Legal & Compliance at Golden Gate Global.“We are proud to be acknowledged for obtaining permanent residency status for our investor families, the jobs the development projects we financed have created in the United States, and the neighborhoodsthese projects have created or revitalized,” said Ms. Ekim.
“Each I-829 petition approval is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our team focused on delivering the best outcome for each of our clients. We are thrilled that our investors and their families achieved the ultimate EB-5 immigration milestone,” said Steven Kay, Golden Gate Global Founder and Co-CEO. “We thank our investor families for putting theirimmigration and investment trust in us. As we celebrate over a decade in this industry, GGG will continue to finance the strongest real estate development projects and guide our investors’immigration investment journeys.”
“We are honored to be recognized by IIUSA among theEB-5 regional centers, attorneys, and migration consultant members who have successfully had a client complete the EB-5 investment process in the last 2 years,” said Eren Cicekdagi, Managing Director of Operations at GGG.“We congratulate all our fellow IIUSA award winners for their solid work, and we look forward to achieving further successes in the future.”
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