{"note":"Public, non-personal facts the solar guide uses. RJEC plan figures are draft estimates.","sources":{"idc":{"url":"https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title67/t67ch38/","title":"Idaho Code Title 67 Ch. 38: C-PACE Act"},"id3803":{"url":"https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title67/t67ch38/sect67-3803/","title":"Idaho Code 67-3803: C-PACE definitions"},"id3806":{"url":"https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title67/t67ch38/sect67-3806/","title":"Idaho Code 67-3806: how a local C-PACE program is set up"},"boise":{"url":"https://www.cityofboise.org/business/building-and-planning/c-pace/","title":"City of Boise: C-PACE program"},"boiseguide":{"url":"https://www.cityofboise.org/media/20349/boise-city-c-pace-program-guidebook_final.pdf","title":"City of Boise C-PACE Program Guidebook"},"meridian":{"url":"https://mccmeetingspublic.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/meridianid-meet-d284b1b4f3714c4caf60a7ca77573fb1/ITEM-Attachment-001-c47d329e330b4c6fbf86924f3ba388e5.pdf","title":"City of Meridian staff memo: Idaho C-PACE adopters"},"rcw":{"url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=36.165","title":"RCW 36.165: Washington C-PACER"},"rcw010":{"url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=36.165.010","title":"RCW 36.165.010: C-PACER definitions"},"spokane":{"url":"https://www.spokanecounty.gov/5194/Spokane-County-C-PACER-Program","title":"Spokane County C-PACER Program"},"whitman":{"url":"https://whitmancounty.gov/DocumentCenter/View/11410/Ordinance-No-089101-Interim-Zoning-Controls-Winf--Solar-Energy-Generation-Facilities-Storage---2025-05-05-PDF","title":"Whitman County Ordinance 089101: interim controls on commercial solar"},"wcgaz":{"url":"https://www.wcgazette.com/story/2026/06/18/news/solar-battery-storage-controls-extended/46344.html","title":"Whitman County Gazette, Jun 18, 2026: solar controls extended"},"whitman26":{"url":"https://www.whitmancounty.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06152026-873","title":"Whitman County Commissioners agenda, June 15, 2026"},"c48e":{"url":"https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/48E","title":"26 U.S.C. 48E: clean electricity investment credit (Cornell LII)"},"n2542":{"url":"https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/n-25-42.pdf","title":"IRS Notice 2025-42: beginning of construction for wind and solar"},"irb":{"url":"https://www.irs.gov/irb/2025-36_IRB","title":"IRS Internal Revenue Bulletin 2025-36"},"reap":{"url":"https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/energy-programs/rural-energy-america-program-renewable-energy-systems-energy-efficiency-improvement-guaranteed-loans","title":"USDA Rural Development: REAP"},"reaprule":{"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/10/01/2026-20178/unleashing-american-energy-and-economic-prosperity-rural-energy-for-america-program-reap","title":"Federal Register, Oct 1, 2026: REAP final rule"},"reapres":{"url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-15/html/2026-07332.htm","title":"Federal Register, Apr 15, 2026: REAP funding notice rescinded"},"doe":{"url":"https://www.energy.gov/cmei/systems/solar-photovoltaic-system-cost-benchmarks","title":"U.S. DOE: Solar PV system cost benchmarks"},"pm2":{"url":"https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g-chapter-2","title":"USCIS Policy Manual Vol. 6 Part G Ch. 2 (EB-5 eligibility)"},"ecfr":{"url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-8/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-204/subpart-A/section-204.6","title":"8 CFR 204.6 (eCFR)"},"usc":{"url":"https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1153","title":"8 U.S.C. 1153 (INA 203) - Cornell LII"},"about":{"url":"https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/permanent-workers/employment-based-immigration-fifth-preference-eb-5/about-the-eb-5-visa-classification","title":"USCIS: About the EB-5 Visa Classification"},"evergreen":{"url":"https://evergreen.eb5.investments/","title":"1140 Evergreen: the EB-5 farm plan (RJEC draft)"},"oews":{"url":"https://www.bls.gov/oes/2025/may/oessrcma.htm","title":"BLS OEWS May 2025: metro-area wage estimates"},"oewscda":{"url":"https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/OEUM001766000000047211104","title":"BLS OEWS: electricians, Coeur d'Alene MSA (May 2025)"},"oewssolar":{"url":"https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/OEUS530000000000047223104","title":"BLS OEWS: solar PV installers, Washington (May 2025)"},"agriv":{"url":"https://www.energy.gov/cmei/systems/agrivoltaics-solar-and-agriculture-co-location","title":"U.S. DOE: Agrivoltaics, solar and agriculture co-location"},"c30c":{"url":"https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/30C","title":"26 U.S.C. 30C: charging property credit (Cornell LII)"},"idopl":{"url":"https://dopl.idaho.gov/ele/","title":"Idaho DOPL: electrical licensing"},"lni":{"url":"https://lni.wa.gov/licensing-permits/electrical/","title":"Washington L&I: electrical licensing and permits"},"i526":{"url":"https://www.uscis.gov/i-526","title":"USCIS Form I-526"},"i526e":{"url":"https://www.uscis.gov/i-526e","title":"USCIS Form I-526E"},"i956f":{"url":"https://www.uscis.gov/i-956f","title":"USCIS Form I-956F"},"i829":{"url":"https://www.uscis.gov/i-829","title":"USCIS Form I-829"},"rc":{"url":"https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/permanent-workers/employment-based-immigration-fifth-preference-eb-5/eb-5-immigrant-investor-regional-centers","title":"USCIS: EB-5 Regional Centers"},"pm4":{"url":"https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g-chapter-4","title":"USCIS Policy Manual Vol. 6 Part G Ch. 4 (regional centers)"}},"chunks":[{"id":"cp-what","title":"What C-PACE is (and is not)","text":"C-PACE is not federal funding. A state law lets a county or city create a local program. A private capital provider lends the money, the local government records a voluntary special assessment and lien on the property, and the owner repays it through that assessment. In Idaho the law is the Commercial Property Assessed Capital Expenditure Act (Idaho Code Title 67, Chapter 38, added 2024). In Washington it is C-PACER (RCW 36.165).","sources":["idc","id3803","rcw","boise"],"tags":"c-pace cpace pace what is federal funding government loan grant private capital provider assessment lien state law county city","kind":"official"},{"id":"cp-idaho","title":"Idaho C-PACE: who can use it and for what","text":"Idaho C-PACE covers privately owned commercial, industrial or agricultural property, and multifamily with 5 or more units. Qualified improvements must be permanent and affixed to the property, for energy efficiency, renewable energy (the statute refers to devices on the customer's side of the meter), water, or resilience. Work installed and running no more than 3 years before the application can qualify. A local program may charge up to a $500 application fee and a servicing fee of 1 percent of the amount financed, capped at $50,000.","sources":["id3803","id3806","idc"],"tags":"idaho eligible property agricultural farm qualified improvement renewable solar customer side of the meter fee 500 1 percent 50,000 lookback 3 years","kind":"official"},{"id":"cp-local","title":"Is C-PACE offered near De Smet?","text":"C-PACE only exists where a local government adopts a program: a resolution of intent, a public hearing, then a resolution creating the program. A City of Meridian staff memo lists five Idaho adopters: Blaine County, Rexburg, Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls and Boise. We found no program for Benewah County or Latah County, which is where listing sites place the Evergreen farm, so the county would have to adopt one first. In Washington, Spokane County runs a C-PACER program; we found no C-PACER program for Whitman County.","sources":["id3806","meridian","boise","spokane","rcw"],"tags":"benewah latah county de smet program available offered adopt resolution hearing boise coeur d'alene post falls rexburg blaine spokane whitman washington local","kind":"official"},{"id":"cp-lien","title":"C-PACE ranks ahead of the mortgage","text":"Under the Boise program guidebook, a C-PACE loan is secured by a first and prior lien on the property, junior only to property taxes. It is non-accelerating: only current or past-due payments can be collected, and the obligation moves to the next owner on a sale. Because it ranks ahead of a mortgage, existing mortgage lenders normally have to consent before closing.","sources":["boiseguide","boise"],"tags":"lien priority mortgage lender consent first senior non-accelerating transfer sale default","kind":"official"},{"id":"cp-wa","title":"Washington C-PACER","text":"Washington's C-PACER law (RCW 36.165, 2020) lets each county opt in. Eligible property is privately owned commercial, industrial or agricultural real property, or multifamily with 5 or more units. Qualified improvements include clean, renewable energy devices on the customer's side of the meter. Spokane County has a program; we found none for Whitman County.","sources":["rcw","rcw010","spokane"],"tags":"washington wa c-pacer rcw 36.165 county opt in agricultural spokane whitman eligible","kind":"official"},{"id":"sol-zoning","title":"Zoning for a solar farm on the land","text":"Whitman County, Washington adopted interim zoning controls that prohibit new commercial ground-mounted solar facilities built mainly to sell power, and battery storage, in unincorporated areas (Ordinance 089101). Local reporting and the county's June 15, 2026 agenda show the controls were extended to December 15, 2026 while permanent rules are drafted. Solar built mainly for use on the property is outside that definition. On the Idaho side we found no solar-specific Benewah County code, so ask county planning before designing.","sources":["whitman","wcgaz","whitman26"],"tags":"zoning permit whitman county moratorium interim controls solar farm commercial ground mount benewah planning washington december 15 2026","kind":"official"},{"id":"sol-48e","title":"Federal tax credit (Section 48E) and its deadline","text":"The federal clean electricity investment credit (26 U.S.C. 48E) does not apply to solar property placed in service after December 31, 2027 when construction began after July 4, 2026. That start date has passed, so a new solar project now needs to be placed in service by December 31, 2027 to claim it. The rate is 30 percent for a facility under 1 megawatt (AC) or one that meets prevailing wage and apprenticeship rules; otherwise the base rate is 6 percent. A court vacated IRS Notice 2025-42 on June 6, 2026, so ask a CPA which construction-start rules apply.","sources":["c48e","n2542","irb"],"tags":"48e itc tax credit investment credit federal 30 percent 6 percent deadline december 31 2027 july 4 2026 placed in service construction begin one big beautiful bill irs cpa","kind":"official"},{"id":"sol-reap","title":"USDA REAP for farms","text":"REAP (Rural Energy for America) helps agricultural producers and rural small businesses with renewable energy and efficiency. USDA paused new grant awards in 2026 and rescinded the old funding notice; guaranteed loans continue. A final rule published October 1, 2026 (effective October 16, 2026) moves grants to an after-completion model: the system must already be built and running, with 12 months of data. Under the new rule, ground-mounted solar on certified cropland is not eligible, solar must match documented historical energy use, and parts made in foreign-adversary countries are not eligible.","sources":["reaprule","reap","reapres"],"tags":"reap usda rural energy america grant loan guarantee agricultural producer farm cropland ground mount historical use foreign adversary october 16 2026","kind":"official"},{"id":"sol-cost","title":"What a solar budget buys (federal benchmark)","text":"The U.S. Department of Energy's Q1 2025 benchmarks put a 250 kW commercial PV system at about $1.95 per watt (DC) and operations and maintenance at about $40 per kW per year. A 100 MW utility-scale system is about $1.07 per watt with O&M about $20 per kW per year. Real quotes vary by site, so these are benchmarks, not prices.","sources":["doe"],"tags":"cost price per watt benchmark doe 1.95 1.07 o&m maintenance 40 20 kw size budget how big","kind":"official"},{"id":"eb5-jobs-solar","title":"Can a solar business create the 10 EB-5 jobs?","text":"Yes, if the jobs are real. Any for-profit lawful business can be the new commercial enterprise. For a standalone (non-regional center) investor, the new business or its wholly owned subsidiaries must itself employ at least 10 qualifying employees in full-time positions of 35 or more hours a week. The regulation's definition of employee excludes independent contractors, and USCIS may ask for W-2 forms. Temporary, seasonal or intermittent jobs do not count, but jobs expected to last at least 2 years are generally not treated as temporary.","sources":["pm2","ecfr"],"tags":"jobs 10 solar business qualify count w-2 contractor independent full-time 35 hours standalone direct installer employees permanent temporary seasonal","kind":"official"},{"id":"eb5-construction","title":"Solar construction jobs and EB-5","text":"For a standalone investor, only the new business's own direct employees count, so an outside installer's crew does not count. In a regional center project, up to 90 percent of jobs may be indirect. When jobs come from construction lasting less than 2 years, indirect jobs can cover only up to 75 percent of the requirement, and direct construction jobs are pro-rated by the share of the 2-year period the work lasts (INA 203(b)(5)(E)(iv)).","sources":["usc","pm2"],"tags":"construction installation build jobs regional center indirect 90 percent 75 percent less than 2 years pro rated direct install crew","kind":"official"},{"id":"eb5-reality","title":"Why the panels alone don't make the jobs","text":"A solar array is mostly hardware: once built it needs little labor. At the DOE commercial benchmark, about $800,000 buys roughly 410 kW, and O&M at about $40 per kW per year is roughly $16,400 a year, which is far less than one full-time salary. The Evergreen draft plan budgets about $500,000 a year in payroll for 10 jobs. So a standalone solar farm of that size cannot carry 10 permanent EB-5 jobs on its own. The jobs come from the business around the panels: an installer, an O&M company, a processing line or the Evergreen farm hub. See the seven paths and the 10-job builder.","sources":["doe","pm2","evergreen"],"tags":"realistic realistic solar farm 800k 10 jobs permanent o&m staff how many jobs viable feasible standalone 410 kw","kind":"blueprint"},{"id":"eb5-capital","title":"Can C-PACE or government money sit in an EB-5 deal?","text":"Yes, as separate financing. Other debt, grants and tax credits can be part of the project's capital stack, but they are not EB-5 capital. EB-5 capital must be the investor's own lawfully obtained money placed at risk. Debt counts as the investor's capital only if it is secured by the investor's own assets and the investor is personally and primarily liable; the new business's assets cannot secure it. Because a C-PACE lien ranks ahead of other debt, its terms should be disclosed to investors and reviewed by counsel.","sources":["ecfr","pm2"],"tags":"c-pace government funds grants capital stack eb-5 capital own funds at risk borrowed secured assets nce debt combine mix allowed","kind":"official"},{"id":"eb5-bridge","title":"Bridge financing and EB-5","text":"USCIS allows a project to start with interim, temporary or bridge financing, debt or equity, and later replace it with EB-5 capital while still getting credit for the jobs created.","sources":["pm2"],"tags":"bridge interim temporary financing replace eb-5 capital start early","kind":"official"},{"id":"eb5-optional","title":"How solar links to the Evergreen EB-5 plan","text":"On this site EB-5 is optional. The Evergreen plan proposes a farm business (Pathway A: a seed and pulse cleaning, bagging and trucking hub with 10 direct W-2 jobs, draft). Solar can be a cost saver inside that business, for example behind-the-meter arrays for the grain site and shops, financed by C-PACE if the county adopts a program. The EB-5 jobs would still come from the farm business, not the panels.","sources":["evergreen","pm2"],"tags":"evergreen link connect pathway a farm hub grain shops behind the meter eb-5 optional together both","kind":"blueprint"},{"id":"eb5-guarantee","title":"Nothing is guaranteed","text":"No program, sponsor or plan can guarantee a green card, a C-PACE approval, a tax credit, a grant or any return. EB-5 is decided case by case by USCIS, C-PACE depends on a local program and a capital provider, and credits depend on tax rules and dates.","sources":["about","pm2"],"tags":"guarantee green card approval return promise safe sure","kind":"official"},{"id":"help","title":"Who to ask","text":"Before acting, talk to an EB-5 immigration attorney, a securities attorney, a CPA for tax credits, the county planning office for zoning, and the local C-PACE program administrator if one exists.","sources":["about","boise"],"tags":"attorney lawyer cpa help contact next steps advice who to ask","kind":"official"},{"id":"jobs-paths","title":"How to reach 10 EB-5 jobs with solar: seven paths","text":"Seven paths can reach 10 full-time W-2 jobs (estimates): 1) a solar installation company, about 8 jobs; 2) the Evergreen farm hub with agrivoltaics, about 10 jobs; 3) a solar O&M and panel care company, about 5 jobs; 4) battery storage and fleet charging, about 4 jobs; 5) solar-powered processing such as cold storage, seed cleaning or drying, about 6 jobs; 6) a regional center project, where indirect jobs from an economic model can count; 7) combining lines inside one company, for example installer plus O&M is about 13 jobs. The jobs come from people on payroll, not from the panels. Try the 10-job builder on this page.","sources":["pm2","ecfr","oews"],"tags":"how reach get create make more 10 jobs ten ways paths options possible can be done solar business plan hire employees satisfy requirement","kind":"blueprint"},{"id":"path-epc","title":"Path 1: a solar installation company (estimate)","text":"Estimated job plan: 4 Solar PV installers, 2 Electricians, 1 Project / construction manager, 1 Sales representative, 8 W-2 jobs, about $560,540 a year in payroll at BLS May 2025 mean wages. Planning capital range about $500,000 to $1,200,000 for vans, lifts, tools, inventory, bonding and working capital. It serves commercial and farm customers across the Palouse, Spokane and Coeur d'Alene, and needs an electrical contractor license in Idaho (DOPL) and Washington (L&I). The crews must be the company's own employees; subcontracted crews do not count for a standalone investor. Plan year-round work so the jobs are full-time and not seasonal. Adding O&M takes it past 10.","sources":["pm2","ecfr","oewssolar","oewscda","idopl","lni"],"tags":"installer installation epc contractor company crews electricians project manager sales path 1 license spokane coeur d'alene palouse","kind":"blueprint"},{"id":"path-hub","title":"Path 2: the Evergreen farm hub plus agrivoltaics (estimate)","text":"The Evergreen Pathway A draft plans a seed and pulse cleaning, bagging and trucking hub with 10 direct W-2 jobs: 1 manager, 4 operators, 3 CDL drivers, 1 mechanic and 1 logistics or sales role. At BLS May 2025 mean wages that is about $546,690 a year; the draft budgets about $500,000. The draft capital stack is about $9,450,000. Solar on shops, bins and field edges, or agrivoltaics (solar and farming on the same land), lowers the hub's power cost; the hub creates the jobs. Note that the new REAP rule does not fund ground-mounted solar on certified cropland.","sources":["evergreen","agriv","reaprule","oews"],"tags":"farm hub evergreen agrivoltaics grain pulse cleaning bagging trucking path 2 pathway a co-location","kind":"blueprint"},{"id":"path-om","title":"Path 3: solar O&M and panel care company (estimate)","text":"Estimated job plan: 3 Maintenance & repair techs, 1 Electrician, 1 Office / scheduling clerk, 5 W-2 jobs, about $270,910 a year in payroll at BLS May 2025 mean wages. Planning capital range about $150,000 to $400,000. Recurring service contracts for regional arrays (inspections, repairs, cleaning, vegetation, monitoring) keep the jobs steady. On its own it is short of 10; paired with an installer it reaches about 13.","sources":["pm2","oews"],"tags":"o&m operations maintenance panel cleaning service contracts technicians path 3","kind":"blueprint"},{"id":"path-bess","title":"Path 4: battery storage and fleet charging (estimate)","text":"Estimated job plan: 2 Electricians, 1 Maintenance & repair tech, 1 Sales representative, 4 W-2 jobs, about $260,380 a year in payroll. Planning capital range about $300,000 to $800,000. The company designs, installs and services batteries and chargers for farm fleets, shops and trucking yards. The federal charging property credit (26 U.S.C. 30C) does not apply to property placed in service after June 30, 2026. Energy storage can still qualify under 48E and is not part of the December 31, 2027 solar cutoff, but foreign-entity rules apply, so a CPA confirms. Whitman County's interim controls also cover commercial battery storage.","sources":["c30c","c48e","whitman"],"tags":"battery storage bess ev charging chargers fleet trucking equipment electric 30c path 4","kind":"blueprint"},{"id":"path-proc","title":"Path 5: solar-powered processing (estimate)","text":"Estimated job plan: 1 Production supervisor / manager, 1 Refrigeration / HVAC mechanic, 2 Cleaning / bagging line operators, 1 Forklift operator, 1 Material handler, 6 W-2 jobs, about $310,570 a year in payroll. Planning capital range about $1,500,000 to $4,000,000. Cold storage, seed cleaning or grain drying that runs partly on on-site solar sells value-add services to growers; daytime solar fits drying and cooling loads.","sources":["pm2","oews","doe"],"tags":"processing cold storage seed cleaning drying value add dryer path 5","kind":"blueprint"},{"id":"path-rc","title":"Path 6: a regional center project","text":"Through a USCIS-designated regional center, a project files Form I-956F and each investor files Form I-526E. Up to 90 percent of the jobs can be indirect, shown with a reasonable economic model, and the jobs can sit outside the business. Jobs from construction lasting less than 2 years have limits: indirect jobs can cover only up to 75 percent of the requirement, and direct construction jobs are pro-rated. Pooling several investors in one project is only allowed through a regional center. Regional center visas are authorized through September 30, 2027.","sources":["pm2","usc","rc","i956f","i526e","pm4"],"tags":"regional center indirect jobs economic model i-956f i-526e path 6 pooling several investors 75 percent construction","kind":"official"},{"id":"path-combine","title":"Path 7: combine lines inside one company","text":"A standalone investor can deploy capital through one holding company and its wholly owned subsidiaries, as long as all the jobs are created directly inside that enterprise. Investing separately in two unrelated companies does not combine. Example estimate: installer plus O&M is about 13 jobs; farm hub plus processing plus a shared back office is about 18. Two people may share one full-time position if it meets 35 hours a week, but combined part-time positions do not count.","sources":["pm2","ecfr"],"tags":"combine combining multiple lines one company holding wholly owned subsidiaries portfolio mix path 7 job sharing part-time","kind":"official"},{"id":"jobs-count","title":"What counts as a qualifying EB-5 job","text":"Counts: a full-time position of at least 35 hours a week for a qualifying employee (a U.S. citizen, permanent resident or other immigrant authorized to work), paid by the new business or its wholly owned subsidiaries, expected to last. Does not count: independent contractors, temporary, seasonal or intermittent jobs, combined part-time jobs, the investor, the investor's spouse, sons or daughters, or nonimmigrant workers.","sources":["ecfr","pm2"],"tags":"qualifying employee counts count what job w-2 full-time 35 hours family spouse contractor seasonal part-time nonimmigrant","kind":"official"},{"id":"wages","title":"Regional wages used in the job plans (BLS)","text":"The job plans use BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 mean annual wages, by area: Solar PV installer $58,030, a Washington statewide figure because BLS publishes no Idaho, Spokane or Coeur d'Alene figure for this job; Electrician $71,440 (Coeur d'Alene MSA); Project / construction manager $118,520 (Coeur d'Alene MSA); Sales representative $67,020 (Coeur d'Alene MSA); Maintenance & repair tech $50,480 (Coeur d'Alene MSA); Cleaning / bagging line operator $42,180 (Coeur d'Alene MSA); CDL truck driver $60,260 (Coeur d'Alene MSA); Forklift operator $51,360 (Coeur d'Alene MSA); Production supervisor / manager $71,420 (Coeur d'Alene MSA); Refrigeration / HVAC mechanic $61,780 (Coeur d'Alene MSA); Bookkeeper $53,170 (Coeur d'Alene MSA); Office / scheduling clerk $48,030 (Coeur d'Alene MSA); Material handler $41,650 (Coeur d'Alene MSA); Farm equipment mechanic $58,750 (Idaho state). Real offers vary by experience.","sources":["oews","oewscda","oewssolar"],"tags":"wage wages salary pay payroll bls oews how much earn cost per job","kind":"official"},{"id":"journey","title":"The investor journey, step by step","text":"1) Idea: pick a solar business line that can employ people. 2) NCE: form the new commercial enterprise, such as an LLC with any wholly owned subsidiaries. 3) Capital stack: the investor's own EB-5 capital at risk, plus non-EB-5 money such as bank or REAP guaranteed loans, C-PACE where a county program exists, and 48E credits after placed in service. 4) Hiring: W-2 employees, 35 or more hours a week. 5) Petition: Form I-526 for a standalone investor, or Form I-956F plus Form I-526E through a regional center. 6) Sustainment: keep the jobs and the investment, then file Form I-829 to remove conditions.","sources":["i526","i526e","i956f","i829","pm2"],"tags":"journey steps process how start begin timeline order i-526 i-829 hiring sustain","kind":"official"},{"id":"eb5-min","title":"EB-5 minimum investment","text":"For petitions filed on or after March 15, 2022: $1,050,000 standard, or $800,000 in a targeted employment area or infrastructure project. The amounts adjust for inflation for petitions filed on or after January 1, 2027. A business that needs less capital still needs the full minimum invested and at risk.","sources":["about","usc"],"tags":"minimum investment amount how much 800,000 1,050,000 tea","kind":"official"}]}