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EB-5 is an immigrant-investor route with statutory investment, job-creation, and source-of-capital requirements. The investment must be placed at commercial risk in a qualifying new commercial enterprise, and the applicable capital threshold and filing form depend on the route and current law. The statutory capital is generally US$1.05 million, or US$800,000 for a qualifying targeted employment area or infrastructure case, with a scheduled adjustment from January 1, 2027; at least ten qualifying full-time jobs for qualifying U.S. workers are generally required for each investor; and the investor must be engaged in the management or policy formulation of the enterprise. Derivative status reaches the spouse and unmarried children under 21. A direct investment and a regional-centre investment use different evidence frameworks; form names do not substitute for a correct project classification. An approved investor petition does not itself grant residence or immediate permission to live or work in the United States. The applicant must complete the applicable immigrant-visa or adjustment process, subject to visa availability, before conditional permanent resident status begins. Conditional residence generally lasts two years, followed by a timely petition to remove conditions with evidence that the required capital and job-creation conditions were met or are being met as the statute permits. Given the financial and legal consequences, prospective investors should obtain independent regulated legal, financial, tax, and due-diligence advice. Due diligence belongs beside immigration planning, not after it. Review the enterprise structure, offering documents, planned use of capital, fees, project timetable, job-creation assumptions, conflicts, and exit risks with advisers qualified for those questions. Immigration eligibility does not guarantee commercial performance, and a business projection is not a promise of returns or visa availability. Keep a source-of-funds index that points to the original records for every major transfer, including the history before money reached a personal account. For conditional residence, establish early how the investment and employment evidence will be preserved. A later I-829 filing requires its own statutory showing, so the investor should understand from the outset which milestones will generate reliable evidence and which facts could require updated analysis. Keep written notes of the questions raised in independent diligence and the answers supplied by the project. An investor should understand which documents are primary, which are projections, and which future events may affect the immigration path. Preserve records securely, including source-of-funds material, subscription or enterprise documents, and evidence relevant to the later conditional-residence stage. The final package should be internally consistent, complete enough for the selected procedure, and limited to facts the records can genuinely support. If an essential premise changes, revisit the route before relying on an earlier assessment. Keep the controlling evidence available for any later government question or extension review.