Does paying all project fees mean conditions have been removed in Martensville?

No. Financial obligations and removal of conditions are distinct. Applicable evidence and the immigration decision remain necessary. As of September 7, 2026, the capital figures are US$1,050,000 or US$800,000 for qualifying targeted employment area or infrastructure projects. Statutory adjustments begin January 1, 2027; confirm the amount applicable to the filing.

Avoid a payment-based conclusion

A paid project account is not an I-829 approval. Hypothetical example: a Martensville sheet-metal and HVAC contractor has paid the full capital contribution, the regional center's administrative fee and every legal invoice, and files the receipts in a binder labelled complete. Eighteen months later the project reports that construction is a year behind schedule.

Nothing in the binder answers the question the I-829 will ask, which is whether the required full-time positions for qualifying U.S. workers were created or, where the project relies on a business plan, can reasonably be expected within the permitted period, and whether the capital stayed at risk throughout. The administrative fee is not capital; only the amount actually invested in the new commercial enterprise counts toward the applicable threshold, so a receipt for fees never demonstrates the investment figure either.

What usually goes wrong here is that the investor treats silence from the project as good news. The decision to make now is to request the periodic job-creation reporting the regional center is obliged to keep, compare it against the economic model in the original offering, and ask what evidence will exist by the anniversary date. If the shortfall looks real, the contractor should learn before the filing window opens what the project intends to do about it, rather than discovering the gap in a request for evidence.