{"id":181046,"date":"2022-07-06T06:11:45","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T06:11:45","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-04-21T17:01:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T17:01:18","slug":"how-is-the-filing-date-of-an-i-526-petition-determined","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/zh-hans\/faq\/visa-application-and-approval-timing\/how-is-the-filing-date-of-an-i-526-petition-determined\/","title":{"rendered":"How is the filing date of an I-526E petition determined?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 42px;\"><strong><span class=\"highlight highlight_primary contact\">How is the filing date of an I-526E petition determined?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>The date that United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) receives and files the I-526E petition is the filing date. Also known as the receipt date or priority date, this is the day that the complete petition package\u2014including any applicable fees\u2014is received and filed by the agency, creating a new case. Once this is complete, USCIS issues a receipt notice to notify EB-5 applicants of their priority date and confirming the payment was received.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SjQuMJQO_80?rel=0;&amp;autoplay=1&amp;mute=1&amp;loop=1&amp;\" width=\"100%\" height=\"678\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The filing date\u2014or priority date\u2014is important because it is helpful in determining the wait time for adjudication. Once <a href=\"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/an-eb-5-investors-guide-to-form-i-526\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Form I-526E<\/a> has been submitted, <a href=\"https:\/\/egov.uscis.gov\/processing-times\/more-info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EB-5 investors<\/a> must wait for approval. This is the part of the process that is known to take the longest, as there is a high volume of petitions for USCIS to get through.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FAQ-181_image-2-1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To check the progress of their I-526E petition, EB-5 investors can go to USCIS <a href=\"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/investor-goals-benefits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check Processing Times<\/a> page. There, investors can enter their information and get an estimation of their petition processing date. Investors will need to select their appropriate form from the website\u2019s dropdown menu\u2014this page can also be used to provide estimates for other forms, such as I-829\u2014and enter their receipt date. Each investor\u2019s petition and situation is unique and, therefore, the estimated times should be used as a point of reference and not as an absolute deadline.<\/p>\n<p>USCIS allows investors to inquire about their I-526E processing date, but only for cases that are well outside of their estimated processing date. To determine if that is the case, an investor can return to the Check Processing Times page, enter their receipt date\u2014which is found on their receipt notice\u2014and a link to submit an inquiry will populate. The <a href=\"https:\/\/eb5affiliatenetwork.com\/uscis-revises-historical-average-processing-times-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">average processing time<\/a>, as of May 2022, is beyond the time to complete 93% of adjudicated cases, or beyond 130% of the cycle time.<\/p>\n<p>Because this process can be hard to understand, it would be in the investor\u2019s best interest to seek the counsel of an <a href=\"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/2022\/05\/16\/the-importance-of-working-with-an-eb-5-immigration-lawyer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">immigration attorney<\/a> who can guide them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"faq-topic":[191],"class_list":["post-181046","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","faq-topic-visa-application-and-approval-timing"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/181046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faq"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/181046\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq-topic?post=181046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}