What is the timeline for filing for citizenship for a minor who is an EB-5 dependent?

A separate naturalization application is filed for each person. A foreign national who has been a permanent resident for four years and nine months can file a naturalization application.

The staying requirements apply to everyone, including children as well. In the instant case, since the kid has been around for 4.5 years, he needs to be in the U.S. just for four years, nine months like any permanent resident. It appears the kid will qualify in the next three months before you can file for naturalization for him. Advisably, you should wait for the next three months to file for the naturalization application for the kid.

In my opinion your son cannot take advantage of time spent by you in the United States. That said, per the USCIS website, you can make an early application for naturalization up to 90 days prior to completion of five years.

Once you become a citizen, if your son is still under 18 you can file an N-600 for his citizenship certificate.

If you and your wife are both naturalized, your son will become a derivative U.S. citizen upon your naturalization.

Your child has to be 18 to apply for citizenship as a principal, however, if you and your wife can complete the process prior to his 18th birthday, your child automatically become a US citizen.

Citizenship application is individual. Thus, everyone who wishes to become a U.S. citizen must file their own application. As an EB-5 investor, you need to meet two requirements: (1) your condition on your residency must have been removed and (2) you have been physically present in U.S. for 30 months out of past 60 months of residency. In other words, before you can file for the citizenship, your I-829 application must have been approved. Finally, the eligibility before filing the N-400 for citizenship require that you have been a resident for 4 years and 9 months before filing that application, which your wife and your son do not have yet. Again, your I-829 must have been approved as a conditional resident cannot apply for the citizenship application. This is something most immigration lawyers should be able to tell you.

It is likely a smoother process to wait until the child turns 18, and then pursues citizenship in his own right.

For naturalization, the Applicant (ie., your son) must be at least 18 years of age before he can file. After he turns 18, of the requirements is that he must have been in lawful permanent resident status for at least 5 years.