No. Visa availability and Child Status Protection Act calculations depend on federal rules and case-specific dates, not on how long a family has lived in a particular area.
Rely on the applicable federal timeline, not local history
Record actual birth dates and petition filing dates for each family member and have the applicable calculation performed individually by counsel. Eligible derivatives generally are the spouse and unmarried children under 21, with any applicable CSPA protection assessed on the individual facts.
Keep school enrolment plans separate from status eligibility — neither a school admission nor an investment payment extends a child's qualifying age or guarantees the whole household completes the process on the same schedule. Derivative eligibility depends on the child being unmarried and under 21, and the practical difficulty is that immigrant categories can involve waiting, sometimes years, depending on the applicant's country of chargeability. Derivative status also carries the principal's later obligations: the period of conditional residence and the filing to remove conditions reach the family too, so a household should know when that window falls before it arrives.
- USCIS — EB-5 investor program
- USCIS — business and investment visa overview
- USCIS — Child Status Protection Act
- Department of State — Visa Bulletin
- USCIS — fee schedule
- 8 USC 1153 — current investor capital and restrictions
- 8 CFR 204.6 — employment definitions and participation; capital amounts superseded by statute