Linda Lau, Esq. (Global Law Group) Related EB-5 Regional Centers

Taylor-Scott Amarel filed this request with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services of the United States of America.

It is a clone of this request.

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COW2019500065

COW2019500269

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From: Taylor-Scott Amarel


To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

I am requesting documents matching the following characteristics be released to me:

1.) Documents, emails, attachments, or memos from January 1, 2013 to Present day;
2.) Sent, received, or copied to dhsexecsec@hq.dhs.gov or USCIS.ImmigrantInvestorProgram@uscis.dhs.gov; and
3.) Containing any of the following non-case-sensitive strings: "lindalau@globallawgroup.net" OR "Vegas Regional Center LLC" OR "Nevada Regional Center Enterprises" OR "YK America Regional Center LLC" OR "American Greenland Regional Center" OR "Mebo Property Development RC" OR "Urban Commons Global LLC" ;

Should you need additional information, documents, or guidance, please let me know BEFORE closing my request. Furthermore, unless every letter in the requested documents is except from disclosure, do not redact an entire email or record in its entirety. Only redact exempt information such as, emails, phone number, names, personal information, etc.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Taylor-Scott Amarel

From: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Mr. Amarel,

I have searched within our systems for the original request from you dated March 11, 2019 for the below request. A case for this subject matter was not located. A new request for you will be set up. If you would like to preserve your March 11, 2019 request date, please provide a copy of the original email sent, with the To: headers and date and time sent. Unfortunately, this email does not include that information.
Regards,

Jennifer A. Biron
Government Information Specialist
National Records Center
DHS, USCIS
150 Space Center Loop
Lees Summit, MO 64064

From: Taylor-Scott Amarel

Thank you, if it is helpful you can see the history of this request here: https://www.muckrock.com/foi/united-states-of-america-10/linda-lau-esq-global-law-group-related-eb-5-regional-centers-70417/

Alternatively, I can resubmit the request as follows below:

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

I am requesting documents matching the following characteristics be released to me:

1.) Documents, emails, attachments, or memos from January 1, 2013 to Present day;
2.) Sent, received, or copied to dhsexecsec@hq.dhs.gov or USCIS.ImmigrantInvestorProgram@uscis.dhs.gov; and
3.) Containing any of the following non-case-sensitive strings: "lindalau@globallawgroup.net" OR "Vegas Regional Center LLC" OR "Nevada Regional Center Enterprises" OR "YK America Regional Center LLC" OR "American Greenland Regional Center" OR "Mebo Property Development RC" OR "Urban Commons Global LLC" ;

Should you need additional information, documents, or guidance, please let me know BEFORE closing my request. Furthermore, unless every letter in the requested documents is except from disclosure, do not redact an entire email or record in its entirety. Only redact exempt information such as, emails, phone number, names, personal information, etc.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Taylor-Scott Amarel

From: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

An acknowledgement letter, stating the request is being processed.

From: Taylor-Scott Amarel

Thank you, I appreciate the letter and update.

From: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Your request is currently 986 of 1148 pending requests with an estimated completion date of 3/23/2020. Note: This is an estimated date based on the average processing times. Availability of records and complexity of request may effect completion date.

You may check the status of your request at time by going to the following website: https://first.uscis.gov/#/check-status.

Karl Bloom
Government Information Specialist
FOIA/PA Division
National Records Center
150 Space Center Loop, Lee's Summit, MO 64064
Immigration Records and Identity Services (IRIS)
(816) 350-5621
e-mail: karl.d.bloom@uscis.dhs.gov

Telework Days Monday-Wednesday
In the office Thursday
WARNING This document is FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY (FOUO). It contains information that may be exempt from public release under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552). This document is to be controlled, handled, transmitted, distributed, and disposed of in accordance with DHS policy relating to Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) information and is not to be released to the public or other personnel who do not have a valid "need-to-know" without prior approval from the originator. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the originator for disposition instructions.

From: Taylor-Scott Amarel

Thank you very much, I appreciate the update and look forward to receiving the requested documents.

From: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

A fix is required to perfect the request.

From: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

A fix is required to perfect the request.

From: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Good afternoon Mr. Amarel,

I am following up on a FOIA request you submitted to USCIS on April 2, 2019 regarding the immigrant investor program, specifically:

1. Documents, emails, attachments, or memos from January 1, 2013 to date staffed;
2. Sent, received, or copied to dhsexecsec@hq.dhs.gov or USCIS.ImmigrantinvestorProgram@uscis.dhs.gov; and
3. Containing any of the following non-case-sensitive strings: "lindalau@globallawgroup.net" OR "Vegas Regional Center LLC" OR "Nevada Regional Center Enterprises" OR "YK America Regional Center LLC" OR "American Greenland Regional Center" OR "Mebo Property Development RC" OR "Urban Commons Global LLC";

From: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Good morning Mr. Amarel,

I am following up on a FOIA request you submitted to USCIS on May 13, 2019 regarding documents, emails, attachments, or memos from January 01,2013 to present relating to dhsexecsec@hq.dhs.gov and USCIS.ImmigrantInvestorProgram@uscis.dhs.gov. Specifically you requested a search: Containing any of the following non-case-sensitive strings: "lindalau@globallawgroup.net" OR "Vegas Regional Center LLC" OR "Nevada Regional Center Enterprises" OR "YK America Regional Center LLC" OR "American Greenland Regional Center" OR "Mebo Property Development RC" OR "Urban Commons Global LLC".

From: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

An interim response, stating the request is being processed.

From: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

The request has been rejected by the agency.

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