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What is the average EB-5 preparation time frame?

How long does it realistically take to prepare for an EB-5 regional center petition from the standpoint of an investor? If I have the required $500,000 ready in my bank account and the transfer would not take more than 2 weeks, when could the attorney submit the I-526 petition on my behalf? What documents could take time to obtain for me?

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Bernard P Wolfsdorf

Bernard P Wolfsdorf

Immigration Attorneys
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There is no typical time.

Julia Roussinova

Julia Roussinova

Immigration Attorneys
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If you have the funds available, have selected a regional center project and are able to produce documentation regarding lawful source of funds with translations (if documents are in a foreign language), then the I-526 petition can be prepared and filed within two to four weeks, unless there are any potential complications in your case.

Ying Lu

Ying Lu

Immigration Attorneys
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The preparation time varies case by case. It takes time for the investor to collect the documents to prove his/her legal source of funds. Sometimes the documents involve bank statements of the past five or more years; sometimes a certain document is not readily available and it will cost a lot of time of the investor to retrieve the document. Talk to your EB-5 attorney to get a realistic estimation based on your specific case.

BoBi Ahn

BoBi Ahn

Immigration Attorneys
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This would vary depending on how complicated your investment structure is and how quickly you can obtain your documentation for financing (i.e. source of funds, etc.).

Daniel A Zeft

Daniel A Zeft

Immigration Attorneys
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The answers to your questions depend on how involved your I-526 case is. You need to have a consultation appointment with an immigration attorney who is experienced with EB-5 cases.

Belma Demirovic Chinchoy

Belma Demirovic Chinchoy

Immigration Attorneys
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Have you already picked a regional center/project? If so, then SOF could be done in the two weeks it takes you to wire the funds.

Blake Harrison

Blake Harrison

Immigration Attorneys
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The time frame depends on the number of sources of the investment funds as well as the availability of the required accompanying documentation. Once all required documents are gathered, an I-526 application can be filed in less than two weeks.

A Olusanjo Omoniyi

A Olusanjo Omoniyi

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There is no typical fixed time limits or deadline for submission. One of the few documents that may cause delay is the documentation process of the source of funds. Investors are required to show their investment funds came from legal (lawful) source(s). Advisably, consult an EB-5 attorney for guidance.

Karuna Chandani-Simbeck

Karuna Chandani-Simbeck

Immigration Attorneys
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Typically, it takes about four weeks to prepare an I-526 filing. However, depending on your source of funds and availability of documents, it could take as little as one week or several months to prepare. It is best not to transfer the funds until your attorney has reviewed your source of funds documents. You want to be aware of any risks/issues with your source of funds prior to making the investment. In my experience, while documents that need to be translated into English take the longest to obtain, it is case or country specific. For instance, a document from India could take one or two days, but the same document from Vietnam may take one week and from Iran it may take months.

Charles Foster

Charles Foster

Immigration Attorneys
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The length of time it takes to prepare and file an EB-5 investor petition on Form I-526 would depend. If you are working with an experienced attorney who has experienced staff and you are investing through an established EB-5 regional center project, the attorney should have the capability of preparing and filing the EB-5 petition in a relatively short period of time. It would certainly be within two weeks. However, the attorney cannot do so unless and until he or she has all the necessary information required to prepare the EB-5 petition.

Lynne Feldman

Lynne Feldman

Immigration Attorneys
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Your complete source of funds is required for you as well as all regional center documents about the project, business plan, job creation, etc.

Jinhee Wilde

Jinhee Wilde

Immigration Attorneys
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How quickly an attorney could prepare the I-526 petition to file for you depends on that attorney&#39s experience and the caseload. I have filed petitions as quickly as few days after receiving all the documents we requested from the investors and regional centers. Normally, I strive to file the petition within a month of receiving the documents.

Mitch Wexler

Mitch Wexler

Immigration Attorneys
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The prep time for I-526 would depend of the complexity of the source of funds (SOF) scenario. That you have the $500,000 ready to go is not determinative. Where it came from is critical. It usually takes about 30 days to put the SOF documentation together and prepare the 13-page I-526 petition itself.

Vaughan de Kirby

Vaughan de Kirby

Immigration Attorneys
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Once your investment immigration attorney has all the documents, he or she can generally file your EB-5 application immediately.

Robert West

Robert West

Immigration Attorneys
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It takes one to two months, depending on difficulties with source-of-funding proofs.

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