Each eligible family member still needs the applicable identity and relationship evidence.
Keep project selection separate from family eligibility
Eligible derivatives generally include spouses and unmarried children under 21, with individual CSPA analysis. Immigrant-visa derivatives enter with or after the principal; a project’s administrative support does not waive these conditions.
Prepare a separate civil-document file for the principal, spouse, and every unmarried child under 21 who may immigrate as a derivative. Gather passports, birth and marriage records, custody or adoption evidence where applicable, translations, and records needed for individual admissibility review. Track each child’s age and obtain case-specific Child Status Protection Act analysis rather than assuming project selection freezes age. Derivatives generally immigrate with or after the principal. The investment itself must still satisfy the applicable US$1,050,000 amount or US$800,000 targeted-employment-area or infrastructure amount, ten full-time qualifying jobs, lawful source and path, and the correct Form I-526 or I-526E structure. A regional center cannot replace family evidence. Once residence begins it is conditional for two years, and the family’s Form I-829 planning should be kept on the calendar.
Hypothetical example: An investor in a berry-processing venture near Ferland-et-Boilleau has a spouse and a university-age daughter. Alongside the regional-center project records, the family obtains long-form civil certificates, checks the daughter’s age calculation individually, and sequences consular steps so no derivative plans to enter before the principal.