Each EB-5 project may have their own business requirements for the release of EB-5 investment funds.The terms of the release haves to clearly stated in the offering documents.the EB-5 regulations state the EB-5 investor may have already invested or be in the process of investing.based upon the current time delays in the processing of I-526 petitions there is a need by the EB-5 projects to have access to the EB-5 funds as soon as possible and before the U-526 petition is approved.