St. François Xavier guide: preserve the distinction between capital and a government gift

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THE SHORT ANSWER

Multilingual funding records may use broad investment terminology. Explain whether the actual proposal is an EB-5 capital investment or an official Gold Card government gift rather than allowing a translated label to merge them.

Describe the EB-5 transaction accurately

Hypothetical example: a financial summary uses one term for capital and project expenses. Identify actual lawful source and path, capital at risk and the applicable qualifying-job method, requiring at least ten qualifying full-time jobs per investor. A translation should not turn an expense into qualifying capital or a job forecast into a completed result.

Follow the official gift instructions

Gold Card uses a government gift after successful vetting and official instructions, with EB-1 or EB-2 eligibility, admissibility and visa availability remaining relevant. Identify the actual principal and eligible family obligations. A private translated summary is not government payment authority, and the gift is not EB-5 commercial capital promising return.

Keep process stages explicit

EB-5 residence and removal-of-conditions requirements remain separate from document preparation. Corporate Gold Card maintenance and transfer-related provisions are conditional rather than automatic replacement approval. Translate official communications accurately without describing a request for evidence as approval or a funding step as work permission.

Use a bilingual payment-purpose key rather than one investment label

Keep the original term, its accurate translation, recipient and legal purpose together. EB-5 qualifying capital currently must meet US$1,050,000 or US$800,000 for qualifying targeted employment area or infrastructure projects, with petition-date statutory adjustments starting January 1, 2027. Neither a translated charge nor a job forecast establishes ten qualifying permanent full-time jobs per investor under the actual method. Gold Card instead separates a nonrefundable US$15,000 fee per person from the gift instructed after successful vetting—US$1,000,000 individually or US$2,000,000 per sponsored employee. Each eligible joining spouse or unmarried child under 21 adds US$15,000 and US$1,000,000. Translate corporate maintenance and transfer conditions without turning them into unrestricted reuse. For EB-5, preserve immigrant admission or adjustment approval as the conditional-residence start and the usual I-829 window in the 90 days before its second anniversary. Language preparation cannot guarantee eligibility, admissibility, visa availability or timing.

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SOURCE NOTES

Editorial source review: 2026-09-07. General preparation guidance, not an individual assessment.