I-829 Petition by Investor to Remove Conditions on Permanent Resident Status
Removes the two-year condition from an EB-5 investor's green card. The investor must show the money stayed at risk and the required jobs were created or will be within a reasonable time. It is filed in the 90 days before the conditional card expires.
- Fee
- $3,750
- Fee waiver
- Not available
- Who files
- EB-5 conditional permanent residents, with their spouse and children as derivatives.
- Where to file
- By mail to the USCIS Immigrant Investor Program Office.
- Processing time
- 10.8 months (FY 2026 national median through June 30, 2026)
Usually filed with
Part of these processes
What changed in 2025 and 2026
- Processing has improved sharply, from a 49.4-month median in FY 2023 to 10.8 months in FY 2026.
Official page. https://www.uscis.gov/i-829. Download the form there, never from a third-party site; check the edition date and fee before filing.