I-956F Application for Approval of an Investment in a Commercial Enterprise
The project application a regional center files before its investors can file I-526E petitions. USCIS reviews the business plan, the economic analysis, and the offering documents once, for the whole project, rather than investor by investor.
- Fee
- $17,795
- Fee waiver
- Not available
- Who files
- Approved regional centers.
- Where to file
- By mail to the USCIS Immigrant Investor Program Office.
- Processing time
- 6.8 months (FY 2026 national median through June 30, 2026)
Usually filed with
Part of these processes
What changed in 2025 and 2026
- The project-level approval must be in place before investors can file Form I-526E against it.
Official page. https://www.uscis.gov/i-956f. Download the form there, never from a third-party site; check the edition date and fee before filing.