The family receives two-year conditional permanent residence, and Form I-829 must generally be filed during the 90-day period immediately before the second anniversary of admission rather than after that period ends. Adjudication can continue well beyond the anniversary. A nineteen-year-old's derivative eligibility requires a separate Child Status Protection Act calculation based on the actual dates.
Plan the two years, not just the approval
Households naturally treat approval as the finish and then discover that a demanding phase follows it. The capital must satisfy the sustainment rule applicable to the petition, the enterprise must create the required jobs, the investor must remain engaged in management or policy formulation, and the family must maintain permanent residence rather than abandon it. Those commitments interact with real life: extended time in Canada, withdrawal from the board or an early return of capital can each raise a separate issue.
Form I-829 is not filed after the conditional period has expired; it must generally be submitted during the 90-day period immediately before the second anniversary of admission as a conditional permanent resident. The nineteen-year-old's eligibility also requires a date-specific Child Status Protection Act calculation. Hypothetical example: an investor joins a waste-to-energy enterprise and wants a child to begin university in the United States on a particular schedule.
The first review separates petition preparation, visa availability or adjustment, conditional residence, job-creation monitoring, and the later condition-removal filing. Receipts, project reports, payroll evidence, and status documents each settle different stages. The household should keep education plans flexible until an actual immigration status supports them.
The usual error is reading petition approval as the finish line; it is followed by conditional residence and a later evidentiary review of capital and jobs.