No. It should not be treated as a guaranteed immigration date. Petition processing, visa availability, admissibility, and the applicable visa or adjustment-of-status stage all affect when permanent residence might actually be obtained.
Keep project milestones and government milestones on separate lines
List the project's construction or operational milestones next to the immigration steps without treating them as interchangeable. Check current official processing information and, where relevant, the Visa Bulletin, and have any change in the project or the family's circumstances reviewed promptly. Remember that removing conditions on residence is a later, separate step, so initial conditional permanent residence should not be treated as the final stage of the process.
Ask the operator for the hours-based roster before committing, decide whether the direct or regional-centre structure fits the actual workforce, and keep the two-year residence period and the removal petition on a calendar from the day residence is granted.
- 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- 8 CFR 204.6 — employment definitions and participation; capital amounts superseded by statute