Document delivery and case readiness are separate milestones.
Leave time to assess the records actually received
A retrieved statement may resolve the gap or reveal another question. Do not promise filing or residence from the estimate alone; the eventual I-829 window is tied to actual conditional residence, not receipt of bank records.
Treat the bank’s date as one dependency, not the filing schedule. Build time for checking legibility, matching transfers, translating records, resolving new deposits, obtaining tax or sale support, reviewing project documents, and selecting the correct petition. A regional-center investment calls for Form I-526E; a direct investment uses Form I-526. Filing should occur only when lawful source and path, the applicable US$1,050,000 or US$800,000 level, investment risk, management participation, and the plan for ten full-time qualifying jobs are supportable. Visa availability and admissibility remain later requirements. During the 90 days immediately before the second anniversary of conditional residence, Form I-829 must be filed to seek removal of conditions. The scheduling mistake is promising a submission before anyone has inspected what the archive actually contains.
Hypothetical example: A timber broker near Larouche is told that six years of statements may arrive on a particular date. He reserves review time but does not promise that day as filing day. When the package arrives, a transfer points to an undisclosed currency account, so he requests that record and updates the source chart. His regional-center I-526E proceeds only after the chain and project evidence can be reconciled.