File when the replacement record is genuinely complete — funds traced, project documents executed, job methodology supported. Asking questions of the issuer or of an agency does not pause any deadline. A statutory amount adjustment starting January 1, 2027 means a late filing may face a different qualifying figure.
Sequencing the switch without stalling the case
After filing, approval of the petition is not status, work permission or travel permission. What follows depends on visa availability for your chargeability and on whether adjustment is genuinely available to you; in some eligible EB-5 situations concurrent adjustment filing exists, so stages are not always strictly sequential. After conditional residence is granted, Form I-829 seeks removal of conditions and is generally filed during the 90 days immediately before its second anniversary. Filing that form does not itself remove the conditions.
The two-year period starts on the date of admission as a conditional resident, printed on the permanent resident card, not on the date of the investment or of the petition approval. Review actual admission or adjustment records for the conditional-residence date and individual family circumstances.