Minor applicant (age 9 at filing) — EB-5 conditional green card granted

Our client filed as the principal applicant in October 2020 at age nine. Three structural challenges shaped the case: a parent who founded an asset-management company (not a traditional operating business) as the funding source; a multi-jurisdictional funds path (mainland China → loan to overseas friend → USD remittance back); and the legal capacity question raised by a minor petitioner.

For the funding source, we went beyond audits and tax records to demonstrate the parent's portfolio performance and operational track record, building a financial-and-industry argument for the legitimacy and stability of dividend distributions. For the cross-border path, we traced every leg — including verifying the friend's overseas corporate structure and source of funds — and produced a complete closed-loop documentary chain. For the minor's contracting capacity, we constructed two-tier legal protections to ensure all investment documents were enforceable and acceptable to USCIS.

Filed October 27, 2020; I-526 approved May 6, 2024; conditional green card issued July 8, 2025. The case is a strong precedent for low-age principal applicants with complex cross-border funding.