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Form I-526E

Also called I-526E, I526E, Immigrant Petition by Regional Center Investor.

Form I-526E, Immigrant Petition by Regional Center Investor, is the petition an investor files with USCIS to claim EB-5 classification under INA 203(b)(5)(E) for capital pooled in an offering for which a designated regional center has already filed Form I-956F.

What it decides

The gate is filing, not approval. 8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(5)(F)(i) makes the regional center file its application for the offering before any investor petitions on that offering, and 8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(H)(i) lets the investor file once that application has been filed. Clause (H)(ii) fixes eligibility as of the filing date and makes approval of the petition subject to approval of the regional center's application, so waiting for the I-956F to be approved gains nothing and costs priority date. The fee on Form G-1055 is $3,675, and an initial I-526E filed on or after 1 October 2022 carries a separate $1,000 EB-5 Integrity Fund payment, which G-1055 says does not apply to an amendment request. The same form is also how an investor reports the amendments needed to keep eligibility if the regional center, new commercial enterprise or job-creating entity is terminated or debarred. Current edition 01/20/25. One combined fee payment covering the I-526E and a concurrent I-485, I-131 or I-765 is rejected: each form needs its own.

Governed by 8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(5)(E) and (b)(5)(F)(i), and 8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(H)(i) and (ii), read in the govinfo text of the code; USCIS Form I-526E page, edition 01/20/25, last updated 1 June 2026, for the title, the amendment use and the combined payment rejection, though that page no longer states any dollar amount; fee and Integrity Fund amounts from Form G-1055 edition 05/29/26.

Where this is explained properly

Pages here that go into form i-526e rather than mentioning it.

Related terms

  • Form I-956FForm I-956F, Application for Approval of an Investment in a Commercial Enterprise, is the application a designated regional center must file for each particular investment offering before any investor may petition on that offering.
  • Form I-526Form I-526, Immigrant Petition by Standalone Investor, is the EB-5 petition for an investor going direct under INA 203(b)(5), investing alone in a new commercial enterprise outside the Regional Center Program.
  • Priority dateA priority date is the date USCIS properly receives a complete, signed and paid Form I-526 or I-526E, and it fixes the investor's place in the visa queue for their country of chargeability and their EB-5 category.
  • EB-5 Integrity FundA US Treasury fund created by 8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(5)(J) to pay for EB-5 oversight, financed by an annual fee on every designated regional center plus $1,000 collected with each initial Form I-526E.

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