Administrative fees, subscription costs and professional fees typically sit outside the qualifying capital of US$1,050,000, or US$800,000 for a targeted employment area or infrastructure project. Liquidity terms then decide whether the promised amount is reachable: redemption windows, notice periods, priority of repayment, and whether distributions depend on the project's own cash. Request the fee schedule as a document rather than as a figure quoted in conversation, and check whether it names anything payable later: annual administration, transfer charges, or costs deducted from a distribution.
What all capital back leaves out
Ask whether the promised figure is gross or net of fees, and who ranks ahead of you if the project sells or refinances. Ask what happens if the enterprise still needs the capital deployed when your date arrives. Immigration approval does not guarantee recovery, and a denial does not automatically produce a refund — the contract governs that, and the specific document review belongs with counsel, not with the offering's marketing team.
Two records show the real cost over time. Capital account statements record what has been credited and charged to an investor; audited financial statements of the enterprise show what has been paid out and to whom. Where neither is produced on request, the reporting practice itself is worth weighing before anything is committed.
An offering unable to show what it has already done for existing investors is asking to be judged on a projection.