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NORTH DUMFRIES · EB-5 FIELD GUIDE

Which documents help assess investor participation?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

Bring the actual governing and subscription agreements, including amendments relevant to the investor’s rights. A summary brochure is not the whole agreement.

Explain inconsistencies before relying on them

If marketing describes rights differently from the signed provisions, flag the difference. Do not rewrite the account to suggest authority the investor does not possess.

Request the regional center's legal name and designation details, the project's offering documents, the escrow or subscription terms, the economic analysis behind the job projections, and disclosure of any litigation, enforcement action, or sponsor change. The economic analysis in full, with its inputs and methodology; the construction and operating budgets; signed contracts supporting major expenditure lines; the business plan; and the offering documents describing how jobs are allocated among investors. When the time comes to remove conditions, the same structure has to be proved with documents: quarterly wage reports filed with the relevant authorities, payroll registers showing hours by employee, tax filings, and the company's financial statements for the period. The corporate set includes formation documents, the operating or shareholder agreement, share or membership ledgers, the lease or premises contract, licences, bank statements showing capital arriving and being spent, payroll registers, and tax filings once they exist.