The usual filing window is tied to the second anniversary of conditional residence, not the report’s publication date.
Track the legal deadline separately
Gather relevant investment and job evidence without treating delayed reporting as an automatic extension. I-829 filing does not itself remove conditions or guarantee return of capital.
By assuming a multi-year sequence with uncertain dates: petition processing, visa availability for the applicable category, consular processing or adjustment, two years of conditional residence and then the removal petition. The immigration timeline runs: source-of-funds file complete, subscription and wire, petition filed, petition adjudicated, visa availability checked against the Visa Bulletin, immigrant visa interview, admission as conditional residents, two years, removal-of-conditions filing and decision. At the I-829 stage, filed in the ninety days before the second anniversary of that admission, the enterprise must show the jobs were created, or will be within a reasonable time, using payroll records, tax filings and employee eligibility documents. Compare that against the investor's own milestones, because the required job creation has to be demonstrable within the period conditional residence provides, and a phase that slips consumes that period rather than extending it. USCIS expects the capital to remain at risk for the sustainment period; the Reform and Integrity Act shortened it for post-2022 investors, and current guidance should be checked before any repayment from the project is accepted.