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RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF WEST ST. PAUL · EB-5 FIELD GUIDE

Does the corporate transfer date start conditional residence?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

A corporate funds transfer is a financial event. The investor’s conditional residence begins through the applicable immigrant admission or adjustment approval.

Use different records for the corporate and personal milestones

Keep the board authorization and bank receipt with the funding history, then build a separate government-process timeline for the individual. A company’s effective transaction date is not automatically the date of the investor’s admission, adjustment or permission to work. Once conditional residence actually begins, calculate the usual Form I-829 window from its second anniversary: filing generally occurs during the preceding 90 days. Neither the company’s accounting year nor an internal project deadline changes that window. Preserve the actual status record so subsequent reporting does not convert a business milestone into an immigration decision.

Check current processing information and the Visa Bulletin as relevant, and remember that removal of conditions remains a later required step even after conditional permanent residence is granted. EB-5 capital must be at risk and either be invested already or remain in an active investing process; the required sustainment period depends on the filing date of the underlying investor petition.