Use records that identify the actual parties, disbursement and onward movement of funds. A signed agreement and a current balance can leave important events between them unexplained.
Reconcile the dates and amounts
Explain genuine differences caused by transfers, charges or amounts used elsewhere using available evidence. Preserve the actual lender and source records required for the case. Do not recreate missing bank history or describe a promise to lend as completed funding.
The purchase agreement, the closing statement of adjustments, the professional corporation's bank statements receiving the funds, the corporate record authorizing payment to the owners, personal bank statements receiving it, tax filings covering each step, and the escrow wire confirmation. Everything that explains how the money was lawfully earned and everything that shows where it went: business sale documents, closing statements, tax filings, loan agreements and security instruments, property ownership records, and consecutive bank statements for each account the funds pass through. For a business sale that means the purchase agreement, the closing statement, the allocation between shares and assets, the corporate financial statements and tax filings behind the value, the lawyer's trust ledger, and every transfer from receipt through to the project's account.
- USCIS — EB-5 investor program
- USCIS — business and investment visa overview
- USCIS — Child Status Protection Act
- Department of State — Visa Bulletin
- USCIS — fee schedule
- 8 USC 1153(b)(5) — investor capital and adjustment provisions
- USCIS — Form I-829
- Current EB5 capital, gift and loan provisions
- USCIS I829 instructions