The applicant must establish the relevant lawful source, authority and path of the funds being invested. Company ownership or an account balance does not explain a proposed distribution by itself.
Document the event that makes the funds available
Identify the transaction or distribution and its supporting records. Keep business and personal accounts distinguishable and ask how the arrangement should be assessed. A narrative should explain the actual transfer rather than relabel corporate assets as personal funds without evidence.
Confirm three things independently and in writing: the capital figure applicable to the intended filing, the basis on which any lower threshold is claimed, and whether the petition will be a standalone or a regional center filing, since the job-creation evidence differs between them. Where a broker's memorandum shows jobs the business will create after your capital arrives, treat those as projections that need a documented basis, a hiring plan, funded budget lines, and a timeline your counsel considers supportable on this file.
- USCIS — EB-5 investor program
- USCIS — business and investment visa overview
- USCIS — Child Status Protection Act
- Department of State — Visa Bulletin
- USCIS — fee schedule
- U.S. Code — INA 203(b)(5), investment thresholds and adjustment
- USCIS EB-5 policy manual
- USCIS I-829
- 8 USC 1153 — permissible capital and jobs
- 8 CFR 204.6(e) — qualifying employees only