The capital must be invested or actively in the process of investment at filing, and the jobs created by removal of conditions. Fund the enterprise before filing; hiring can continue after.
Invest before filing, create jobs before I-829
The petition must show that the full qualifying amount has been contributed to the new commercial enterprise or is irrevocably committed to it, so the money should be in the business account or spent on trucks and the yard before the filing date. The ten jobs do not all have to exist at filing; the business plan must show they will be created within the conditional-residence period, and the I-829 petition, filed in the ninety days before the second anniversary of conditional residence, must prove they exist or will within a reasonable time. Hiring drivers and dispatchers before the family can lawfully be in the United States requires a U.S.
manager or a remote arrangement, and the investor's engagement in policy and management should be documented from the start. Visa availability after approval can add time; check the visa bulletin. Keep the farmland sale and gift transfers dated before the contribution so the path of funds reads in order.