The filing window is tied to conditional residence, not the project’s phase calendar.
Track immigration dates alongside project progress
I-829 is filed during the 90 days before the second anniversary of conditional residence. Project evidence may be relevant to the case, but a construction milestone does not itself move that residence anniversary or guarantee removal of conditions.
Anchor the immigration calendar to the conditional-residence event. Record the date residence began through admission or adjustment, calculate the Form I-829 window during the 90 days before its second anniversary, and preserve the documents establishing that date. Maintain a parallel project timeline because those facts may support the petition but cannot reset the residence anniversary. The reduced amount is US$800,000 under targeted-area or infrastructure rules; otherwise US$1,050,000 is needed, together with ten full-time jobs and lawful funding. Form I-526 serves standalone investors, while Form I-526E serves regional-center investors. Derivative eligibility generally covers a spouse and qualifying unmarried children below age 21. The recurring mistake is using a developer’s “final phase” date as an immigration deadline.
Hypothetical example: A Saint-Ambroise senior-housing investor becomes a conditional resident while the project remains between construction stages. She calendars her personal second anniversary from the residence record and requests job and expenditure updates on a different schedule. When the developer delays the last building phase, she assesses the evidentiary effect but does not move her I-829 window. Her family keeps their own admission records so derivative timing can be reviewed accurately.