Bring the actual methodology and relevant supporting records, with estimates and completed activity distinguished. A presentation alone may not explain the qualifying-job account.
Connect inputs to the evidence
Identify what the forecast relies on and what has actually occurred. Do not represent projected spending or staffing as a completed result.
The record that works usually contains employment letters or contracts establishing the position and the period, pay records or annual statements, personal tax filings for the relevant years, and bank statements showing balances growing in a pattern consistent with the income. For a direct investment in an operating cidery, the evidence is the company’s tax returns, bank statements showing the capital deployed, audited or reviewed financial statements, and payroll records with Forms I-9 and quarterly wage reports for each employee. 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 — current investor capital and restrictions
- 8 CFR 204.6 — employment definitions and participation; capital amounts superseded by statute