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I-956F, Application for Approval of an Investment in a Commercial Enterprise

A designated regional center uses this form to request approval of each particular investment offering through an associated new commercial enterprise.

What This Form Can Help You Do

EB-5: Employment Based Immigration – Immigrant Investor Program

Forms and Document Downloads

Instructions for Form I-956F (PDF, 966.44 KB)
Form I-956F (PDF, 1.22 MB)

Form Details

Edition Date

06/01/22. You can find the edition date at the bottom of the page on the form and instructions.

Dates are listed in mm/dd/yy format.

If you complete and print this form to mail it in, make sure that the form edition date and page numbers are visible at the bottom of all pages and that all pages are from the same edition of the form. If any of the form’s pages are missing or are from a different edition of the form, we may reject your form.

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Where to File

U.S. Postal Service (USPS):

USCIS
Attn: I-956F
P.O. Box 660168
Dallas, TX 75266-0168

FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries:

USCIS
Attn: I-956F (Box 660168)
2501 S. State Highway 121 Business
Suite 400
Lewisville, TX 75067-8003

Filing Fee
$17,795.

You may pay the fee with a money order, personal check, cashier’s check or pay by credit card using Form G-1450, Authorization for Credit Card Transactions. If you pay by check, you must make your check payable to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

When you send a payment, you agree to pay for a government service. Filing and biometric service fees are final and non-refundable, regardless of any action we take on your application, petition, or request, or if you withdraw your request. Use our Fee Calculator to help determine your fee.

Pay each filing fee separately. We are transitioning to electronically processing immigration benefit requests, which requires us to use multiple systems to process your package. Because of this, you must pay each filing fee separately for any form you submit. We may reject your entire package if you submit a single, combined payment for multiple forms.

Form Filing Tips

Filing Tips: Go to our Form Filing Tips page for information on how to help ensure we will accept your application.

Don’t forget to sign your form. We will reject any unsigned form.

Special Instructions

Form I-956F is a new form that can only be filed by an approved regional center. INA 203(b)(5)(F)(i) states a “regional center shall file an application with the Secretary of Homeland Security for each particular investment offering through an associated new commercial enterprise before any alien files a petition for classification under this paragraph by reason of investment in that offering.” INA 204(a)(1)(H)(i) states an investor “may file a petition with the Secretary after a regional center has filed an application for approval of an investment under section 203(b)(5)(F).” 

Each person involved with a new commercial enterprise and affiliated job-creating entity must complete and submit Form I-956H, Bona Fides of Persons Involved with Regional Center Program, and pay the required biometrics services fee. Please review the Form I-956F Instructions for more information.

Related Links
  • EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program
  • Form I-956H, Bona Fides of Persons Involved with Regional Center Program
  • Form I-956G, Regional Center Annual Statement
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12/14/2022
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