Identify what the figure measures and how the applicable job methodology treats the underlying work.
Read the staffing metric before relying on it
Part-time jobs cannot simply be combined into qualifying full-time positions. Genuine job sharing is distinct, and direct versus regional-center evidence differs; the report’s label alone does not settle the investor’s showing.
First identify whether the report describes actual positions, combined hours, or jobs estimated through an approved regional-center methodology. A direct investment generally must support ten qualifying US-worker positions, each full time; separate part-time roles cannot simply be converted into full-time equivalents, although a genuine job-sharing arrangement is analyzed differently. Regional-center cases may rely on permitted direct and indirect job methodology, so test the report against that model rather than its label. Eligibility also requires the current standard capital of US$1,050,000, reduced to US$800,000 when an infrastructure project or targeted employment area qualifies, together with lawful source and path evidence and investor involvement in management or policy formulation. Use Form I-526 for direct investment and Form I-526E for a regional-center investment. The common mistake is stopping at the number ten without checking who, what, and how the figure counts.
Hypothetical example: An agricultural-equipment dealer in Sainte-Rose-du-Nord reviews a direct venture reporting ten full-time equivalents assembled from twenty part-time schedules. She requests position-level hours and hiring records, recognizes that arithmetic aggregation is inadequate, and revises the job plan before relying on it for the eventual conditional-residence stage and later Form I-829 petition.