Keep the actual notices, references and submitted responses accessible.
Maintain continuity of the case record
Review outstanding instructions and document the update through the applicable process. A forwarded summary may omit a deadline or required channel, so retain the original communication where available.
Before closing the old mailbox, preserve original Gold Card confirmations, payment evidence, USCIS prompts, receipt numbers, Form I-140G submissions, requests for evidence, and State Department communications. Record the address shown in the application and government account, then follow the official procedure for changing it; a forwarded digest can strip attachments or obscure dates. An online filing paired with DHS’s nonrefundable processing payment of US$15,000 comes first; USCIS next prompts Form I-140G. Only after successful vetting is the US$1 million gift requested. The program uses EB-1 or EB-2 classification and must not be documented as an EB-5 investment. The recurring mistake is deleting the source email once a summary is saved. Re-check current official directions before any payment moves.
Hypothetical example: An architect in L’Anse-Saint-Jean switches from a studio email to a personal account while assembling supporting evidence. She should preserve message headers, attached notices, portal screenshots where permitted, fee confirmation, drafts actually submitted, and a chronology of address changes. After the official update, she can verify which account receives the next I-140G message. Keeping the originals lets her distinguish an official deadline from an adviser’s reminder and avoids reconstructing critical correspondence after the old business mailbox becomes inaccessible.