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NOTRE-DAME-DU-BON-CONSEIL · EB-5 FIELD GUIDE

Can a Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil investor rely on a project brochure to establish EB-5 eligibility?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

No. The investor must independently establish the required capital, lawful source and path, qualifying investment structure, job creation and applicable process requirements.

Read the offering as evidence to test

Hypothetical example: an investor receives a regional-center brochure describing expected jobs and a preferred return. Treat it as one source of information, not as proof that every EB-5 condition is met. Verify the project classification, capital amount, new commercial enterprise structure, job methodology, offering terms and current filing rules.

Use offering documents, entity records and economic evidence to substantiate project claims instead of treating the brochure as proof. Map the project designation, subscription, capital transfer, I-526E filing and job-creation assumptions in sequence, identifying which source establishes every eligibility element. Investigate conflicts between promotional projections, offering terms and the economist’s job methodology before investing.

The investor should not wire capital merely because the brochure advertises immigration eligibility. Verify the applicable investment threshold, lawful funds path, qualifying enterprise, ten qualifying full-time U.S. jobs and investor’s policy role, then examine derivatives and petition timing.

List the facts that are fixed by official records and the facts that depend on the future arrangement. Where a qualification, ownership position or role is uncertain, obtain the underlying record before making a categorical claim. That approach is more useful than trying to force the proposal into a preferred label.