The usual I-829 window is tied to the second anniversary of conditional residence, not the capital-adjustment date.
Keep different legal timelines separate
Do not infer an automatic retroactive top-up or a changed residence deadline from a future adjustment. Assess the requirements applicable to the actual case; filing does not itself remove conditions or guarantee repayment.
Maintain two independent calendars. The investment calendar determines the filing-date capital amount, including adjustment from January 1, 2027; the residence calendar controls removal of conditions. At the September 2026 check, US$1,050,000 is standard; an eligible targeted employment area or infrastructure project uses US$800,000. Later filers must verify the sum. Choose I-526E when investing through a regional center; a direct investor uses Form I-526. After immigrant processing, the investor, spouse, and unmarried children under 21 receive two-year conditional residence, and Form I-829 is tied to the period before its second anniversary. Ten full-time qualifying jobs, lawful source and path, at-risk capital, and management participation remain requirements. The common error is merging a statutory price change with an I-829 deadline.
Hypothetical example: an Orford maple-products distribution investor became a conditional resident on a date recorded in his admission documents, while his project budget notes the 2027 capital adjustment. He should calculate the I-829 window from the residence anniversary and preserve job-creation and sustained-investment evidence, not reset it from the adjustment date. Whether his original petition was I-526 or I-526E depends on the investment structure. A future minimum neither demands an invented retroactive payment nor postpones the family's condition-removal responsibilities.