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L'ÎLE-CADIEUX · EB-5 FIELD GUIDE

Does a legal name change restart conditional residence or the I-829 period?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

No. Those dates follow the actual immigration status milestones, not the identity-document update. Track the existing status dates while addressing the record change. Two sets of dates run in parallel and only one of them is yours. The status milestones follow the immigration process, while construction, hiring and reporting dates follow the developer's schedule. Keep both on a single timeline so that a slip in one becomes visible against the other.

Keep notices and evidence connected to the same person

Use the applicable process to maintain accurate information and preserve the connection to prior records. A corrected document neither removes residence conditions nor guarantees a decision on the underlying case. Work out which date starts the clock and write it somewhere the household can see it.

Conditional permanent residence begins on admission or on approval of adjustment rather than on approval of the petition, and the filing to remove conditions falls due in a window measured from that start rather than from any later correction to a record. Diarise it as soon as the start date is known. Where a name or an address changes afterwards, use the applicable process to update the record and keep the acknowledgment, because correspondence sent to a superseded name or address still counts as sent.

A record correction moves no deadline; it only ensures the right person receives the notices attached to it.