I-829 Investment Sustained Evidence

What this is

Documentation demonstrating that the qualifying EB-5 capital investment was made and remained invested and at risk throughout the entire conditional residence period, as required under INA 216A and the USCIS I-829 instructions. Acceptable evidence includes capital contribution records, wire transfer records, subscription agreements or limited partnership records, business bank account statements, audited financial statements for the new commercial enterprise, capital account records, and tax filings for the entity and investor reflecting the continued investment position.

Case-specific: Whether this document matters depends on category, facts, or relationship to the case.

Who usually needs it

Conditional residents or later-stage filers trying to preserve or convert an already granted status.

When it usually appears

Usually after residence has already been granted and the next step is removal of conditions or another lifecycle filing.

What changes by process, path, or post

The evidence depends on whether the later filing is marriage-based, investor-based, waiver-based, or another lifecycle posture.

Common format or evidence traps

• Using early-stage relationship or filing assumptions for a later lifecycle review.
• Treating every removal-of-conditions filing as if it uses the same evidence pattern.

Related pages

• Conditional residence guideSee I-751 and I-829 lifecycle stages.

Related glossary terms

Conditional permanent resident · Removal of conditions · Form I-751

Examples from current exact-support flows

Coverage posture: Current public exact-support flows attach only one direct example to this document. Treat that example as narrow context, not as proof that the document only matters in that one scenario.

• Usually needed

  Document that the qualifying EB-5 capital investment was made and remained invested and at risk throughout the entire conditional period. Acceptable evidence includes capital contribution records, wire transfer records, subscription or limited-partnership agreement records, business bank account statements, audited financial statements for the new commercial enterprise, capital account records, and tax filings for the entity and investor showing the continued investment position. The USCIS I-829 instructions and documentation-order guidance identify the specific evidence categories and suggested organization. (Sources: uscis_i829_instructions, uscis_i829_documentation_order, uscis_eb5_gc)

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