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LEDUC COUNTY · GOLD CARD FIELD GUIDE

Does paying before a child’s twenty-first birthday guarantee inclusion?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

Do not assume a payment universally freezes age or establishes derivative eligibility. The actual classification, case events and any applicable child-age protections need individual assessment.

Identify the event on which the family is relying

For a Leduc County household, record the child’s date of birth and marital circumstances and obtain review of the actual case. The official recommendation to include eligible family initially is useful planning guidance, but it is not a guarantee that every child remains eligible regardless of later events.

The Executive Order directs the agencies to treat the required gift as evidence of specified EB-1 or EB-2 criteria; the applicant must still be admissible and complete vetting, and payment does not guarantee approval, permanent residence or citizenship. Because the case still proceeds through EB-1 or EB-2 classification, eligibility, admissibility, and visa availability remain live questions that a hiring budget cannot resolve; recruiting spend is also not EB-5 investment capital and creates no job-creation credit.