The immigration window is based on conditional residence rather than the business meeting calendar.
Maintain separate business and immigration timelines
I-829 is filed in the 90 days before the second conditional-residence anniversary. Petition approval or participation in a meeting does not itself authorize US work or establish that all conditions have been removed.
Anchor the removal calendar to the date conditional permanent residence began, not to investment meetings, petition approval, or a fiscal year. EB-5 residence is conditional for two years, and Form I-829 is generally filed during the 90-day period before the second anniversary. Maintain evidence throughout that the investment met applicable sustainment requirements, the required ten full-time jobs were created or will be created within the permitted framework, and the investor retained qualifying management or policy participation. Spouse and unmarried children under 21 may be derivatives, but each person’s residence record should be checked. Business events can supply evidence; they do not reset the statutory window.
Hypothetical example: An environmental consultant in Saint-David-de-Falardeau invests directly and attends the venture’s annual policy meeting six months after becoming a conditional resident. She should docket the anniversary from her residence documentation, preserve authentic voting and job records, and prepare Form I-829 for its own window. Moving the partnership meeting cannot extend that deadline or substitute for proof that the direct-investment conditions were satisfied.