How much capital does an EB-5 investor from Petrolia have to place at risk?

One million and fifty thousand United States dollars in the standard case, or eight hundred thousand where the investment qualifies as being in a targeted employment area or an infrastructure project. Both figures are subject to statutory adjustment beginning on the first of January 2027, and government filing fees are additional.

The headline amount is not the whole outlay

Around the qualifying capital sit costs that are easy to leave out of a plan. Filing fees for the petition and for the later application to remove conditions are published in official fee information and are revised periodically, so current figures should be read rather than remembered. Where a project involves a regional centre or a similar sponsor, an administrative or subscription charge is usually payable in addition to the investment and is generally not returnable.

Legal fees for a source-of-funds file are substantial because the work is genuinely document-heavy. Translations, valuations, accountants in two countries and, where applicable, the cost of unwinding or restructuring existing holdings all belong in the budget. And because the capital must be at risk, the honest planning assumption is that it might not come back, which is a different proposition from a fee.