Sequencing is the practical question. Filing before funds are received and traced invites evidentiary problems, while waiting for a final earn-out payment may delay the petition for years. A common middle path is to invest once released proceeds cover the full required amount, documenting the deferred portion separately. Discuss the trade-off with counsel before committing.
Map the stages after the wire
After investing, the petition is filed and adjudicated with no fixed decision date. An immigrant visa or eligible adjustment follows only when a visa is available in the relevant category. Conditional residence then runs for two years, with the petition to remove conditions ordinarily filed in the ninety days before the second anniversary.
Because the capital threshold is subject to statutory adjustment starting in 2027, confirm the applicable amount for the actual filing date. Add one further planning point to those stages: the waiting period is not passive. Records supporting job creation have to exist contemporaneously rather than being assembled at the end, so the reporting arrangement and the investor's entitlement to receive information should be settled at the point of investment rather than requested when the filing window approaches.
Write the removal-of-conditions window into the calendar on the day the capital moves, with an annual reminder against whoever owes the reporting. Hypothetical example: an investor sets a yearly check that the promised reports have actually arrived, and the check catches a silent third year while there is still time to ask, rather than discovering the gap when the window has opened and the evidence is needed within weeks.