Yes. Inherited funds may qualify when the lawful source and path are documented from the will and estate records through to the investor's account. There is no categorical exemption for the origin of inherited capital, so the file should include any evidence needed to establish that the funds distributed by the estate were lawfully obtained. The capital must still meet the current amount, be at risk and create ten jobs.
Gifts and inheritances qualify when the chain is complete
EB-5 does not require that capital be earned by the investor personally; it requires that it be lawfully obtained and traceable. An inheritance qualifies when the file shows the death, the will or intestacy rules, the estate's administration, the distribution to the investor and the deposit into an account from which the investment is made. Hypothetical example: a retired Shannon mechanical engineer funds part of his investment from his late mother's estate, settled through a Québec notary, and the rest from selling his minority shares in his former employer back to the other owners; both streams are acceptable if each is documented and if the combined amount reaches the qualifying figure, currently US$1,050,000 or US$800,000 in a targeted employment area.
The capital must be invested at risk in a new commercial enterprise creating at least ten full-time jobs for qualifying U.S. workers, and the engineer must participate in management or policy formulation. conditional residence lasts two years, with Form I-829 filed in the 90 days before the second anniversary.