No. Conditional residence starts at immigrant admission or adjustment approval.
Track employment and status separately
Preserve the job evidence on its actual dates while using the residence milestone for I-829, generally filed in the 90 days before the second anniversary. A payroll start or petition approval is not itself residence or present work permission for the investor.
When hiring changes, compare actual job creation with the method and timetable in the approved case; do not silently recycle names or assume a vacancy is irrelevant. The project's construction schedule, the petition's processing time, visa availability under the bulletin, and the eventual removal of conditions are four separate clocks controlled by different parties. During the conditional period, gather evidence that the capital remained deployed as legally required and that the ten full-time qualifying jobs were created or will be created within the permitted framework. Remember that removing conditions on residence is a later, separate step, so initial conditional permanent residence should not be treated as the final stage of the process. The sequence is to confirm the capital amount and location category, review source and job records, then assess filing, visa availability, admissibility, and the later conditional-residence timeline.