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VERCHÈRES · EB-5 FIELD GUIDE

Should I make non-refundable moving commitments because the project announced an opening?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

Consider the actual immigration documents and travel arrangements before relying on that commercial date. A project announcement does not guarantee usable visa dates or admission.

Budget for the real itinerary rather than an announcement

Identify travel and relocation obligations separately from investment capital and project fees. The page provides no fixed replacement-document or rescheduling cost and does not promise reimbursement if the plans change. Verify the investor's own case status and the actual immigrant-visa or adjustment timeline with counsel before booking anything irreversible, since a project's announced opening date reflects its operational schedule and says nothing about when the investor's own case will be ready to proceed.

Check the refundability and cancellation terms on each booking separately, including flights, movers and any lease, rather than assuming a bundled travel arrangement carries a single uniform policy. Ask each provider in writing whether a delay in the investor's case triggers any contractual relief, such as a deposit credit or a rescheduling window, before relying on an informal assurance. Keep relocation planning on its own timeline that only advances once the relevant case milestone is actually confirmed, rather than working backward from an announced date that the enterprise does not control.

Request written confirmation of the earliest realistic date from counsel, and revisit that date whenever the case status changes rather than treating an early estimate as fixed.