No. Petition decisions, visa availability, admissibility and the applicable residence process are separate from construction or operating milestones.
Include the later conditional-residence step
An initial petition is not residence, and conditional residence is not the final condition-removal stage. Plan for the applicable process and I-829 timing rather than treating a sponsor’s schedule as a government guarantee. Track four events separately: the investor petition, immigrant-visa availability or adjustment, the start of conditional residence, and the later condition-removal filing period.
Preserve notices and entry or approval records as each event occurs. Hypothetical example: a tidal-energy investor receives petition approval and treats that date as the start of the residence clock, although the family has not yet completed immigrant processing. The approval notice, visa record and admission or adjustment evidence identify the correct sequence.
Capital and job evidence must remain available for condition removal. A sponsor’s construction calendar cannot move a statutory filing window or turn initial petition approval into residence. Store each official notice with its corresponding event date and obtain advice before a statutory window approaches.
Project progress reports are important, but they do not replace the individual calendar governing immigrant processing and condition removal.
- USCIS — EB-5 investor program
- USCIS — business and investment visa overview
- USCIS — Child Status Protection Act
- Department of State — Visa Bulletin
- USCIS — fee schedule
- 8 USC 1153(b)(5) — investor capital and adjustment provisions
- USCIS — Petition by Investor to Remove Conditions on Permanent Resident Status