The sequence includes petition adjudication, visa availability and consular processing or adjustment, two years of conditional residence, and the I-829 decision. Timing varies by case and current agency and Visa Bulletin conditions, and no stage is guaranteed by the one before it.
Plan around stages, not a single date
The sequence is fixed even though the durations are not. The investor files Form I-526E for a regional-center project after the funds are committed; adjudication times are published by USCIS and vary. When the petition is approved and a visa number is available under the Visa Bulletin, the family applies for immigrant visas through the consulate or, if lawfully in the United States, for adjustment of status.
Conditional permanent residence begins on admission or approval and lasts two years. Within the ninety days before the second anniversary the investor files Form I-829 with evidence that the capital remained invested and the jobs were created; approval removes the conditions. A Mount Pearl family should not sell their home, resign from employment or withdraw children from school on the strength of a filed petition, and should confirm with the regional center how the project's job-creation timeline lines up with the I-829 window.
Children's ages are protected under the Child Status Protection Act only in the manner that law provides.