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KITCHENER · EB-5 FIELD GUIDE

Which records explain a shared project’s job evidence?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

Provide the applicable project methodology and allocation account alongside individual investment records. Direct employment and permitted regional-center methods require different supporting evidence.

Avoid a repeated headline count

Explain how the qualifying jobs support the actual investors under the relevant framework. A presentation stating total employment does not by itself establish each petition’s allocation.

Start from the event that generated the funds, such as an asset sale, inheritance, or business distribution, and trace the ownership, transfers, and currency conversions from that point to the investment, preserving actual dates and amounts. Retrieving twenty years of tax filings, obtaining statements from institutions that have merged or changed systems, and locating employment records from former employers all take weeks of waiting rather than hours of effort. Obtain revised agreements, formation records, escrow instructions, bank-beneficiary confirmation, and an entity chart showing why the recipient changed; then update the lawful source-and-path narrative through the account. The trail is the purchase agreement, the closing statement, the corporation's bank records showing receipt, the resolution or dividend record authorizing payment to the owners, the personal accounts receiving it, and the transfer to the project escrow.