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[Q] Can my family and I enter the U.S. on tourist visas and then apply and get I-526 approved and then adjust in the U.S.?
We do not recommend this approach. First, no one can guarantee that your I-526 immigrant petition will be approved within the period of stay granted under your tourist visas. Second, it's legally risky to enter the U.S. with nonimmigrant visa but with a pre-conceived intent to immigrate.
If you are based in outside the U.S., it is recommended that you get your I-526 approved and THEN take appropriate consular processing steps to obtain immigrant visa through the American Embassy located in your home country.
Why some people tell me I can do this then?
I guess they really want to take your case :) But it's a risky proposition to try to process your EB-5 case this way, mainly because one can never be sure how long USCIS will take to approve I-526 petition (if they will approve it).