Budget the Form I-526 filing charge on the USCIS fee schedule, later immigrant-visa or adjustment and removal-of-conditions charges, legal and accounting costs, a business plan and any site analysis, and the tax cost of extracting capital from the Canadian company. The annual EB-5 Integrity Fund fee is a regional-center obligation, not a charge for this direct investor.
The plant is the investment; the process has its own bill
Hypothetical example: the owner's spreadsheet contains the building, the equipment and working capital, and nothing else. Add the process: the Form I-526 filing charge, later charges for the immigrant visa or adjustment of status for each family member, medical examinations, the Form I-829 charge, a professionally prepared business plan for the direct case, legal fees for the petition and corporate structure, and the accountant's work on both sides of the border. Do not add the annual EB-5 Integrity Fund fee, which is paid by designated regional centers and does not apply to this standalone direct investment. Then include the tax on taking capital out of the Canadian company as dividends or a share sale. Finally, the plant must sustain ten qualifying full-time jobs through the conditional period, so payroll is part of the true cost, and the capital must remain at risk until conditions are removed. Verify every USCIS charge on the current fee schedule.
Hypothetical example: a Canadian owner plans a U.S. commercial-laundry operation and assumes that the capital figure is the whole commitment. A first review separates invested capital, operating reserves, filing and professional charges, and the payroll needed to create the required jobs. The funds must be placed at risk in the new commercial enterprise; a bank balance kept safely outside it does not do that work. Conditional residence follows approval at the immigrant stage, and the later removal-of-conditions filing tests job creation and sustainment. The decision is whether the business plan can support those costs before capital is committed.