Do not assume every payment counts as investment capital. Review each amount’s purpose and treatment. As of September 7, 2026, the capital figures are US$1,050,000 or US$800,000 for qualifying targeted employment area or infrastructure projects. Statutory adjustments begin January 1, 2027; confirm the amount applicable to the filing.
Categorize the obligations
Confirm current thresholds and distinguish fees, capital and other business spending. A combined invoice does not establish the qualifying amount.
Government filing charges at the investor-petition, immigrant-visa and removal-of-conditions stages, professional fees at each stage, business-plan and economic-support costs, document and translation costs, and the state dental-licensing process. Get written quotes for accounting and legal review rather than working from estimates, and do not treat profits held inside a company as personal liquidity available for a tax bill, however healthy the business looks on paper. A queue stretches spending across years rather than months: passports, police certificates, and medical examinations expire and may need repeating, translations may need updating, and each family member carries their own processing charges at the visa stage.