The principal generally enters before or with immigrant derivatives.
Coordinate the actual entry sequence
Review each person’s documents and process before travel. A household convenience or project schedule does not replace the applicable immigration sequence.
By assuming a multi-year sequence with uncertain dates: petition processing, visa availability for the applicable category, consular processing or adjustment, two years of conditional residence and then the removal petition. Generally no, if each files independently, though a shared project's own capital-raise or job-creation timeline can affect all investors in that project. The capital must be invested or actively in the process of being invested when the petition is filed, so the transfer, or an irrevocable commitment to it, generally comes first. Preserve entry or adjustment records, calculate the window carefully, and gather evidence that capital and job requirements were met under the applicable rules. Immigrant-visa admission or adjustment approval yields two-year conditional residence, and Form I-829 must be filed within the 90-day period immediately preceding the second anniversary; a spouse and unmarried children under 21 may qualify as derivatives.