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WELLESLEY · EB-5 FIELD GUIDE

Should a project submit only a combined weekly-hours total?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

The evidence should establish the relevant qualifying jobs under the actual methodology.

Make the staffing structure clear

A total can obscure separate positions, job sharing or ineligible workers. Review actual records and do not assume every regional-center case uses a direct payroll count.

Evidence of how the partnership interest was originally acquired, the buyout agreement and its consideration, the sawmill's financial and tax records supporting the value, and a complete banking trail for every tranche from the payers to the enterprise. With the will or grant of probate, the estate accounts, the executor's record of distribution, evidence of where the deceased's own funds lawfully came from where required, and bank records showing the money reaching the investor. Where funds came from a relative, a signed gift instrument, evidence of the giver’s own lawful source, and the transfer records are all needed, because a gift moves the source question upstream rather than removing it. Expect years of financial statements and tax filings, the share or asset purchase agreement, the closing statement, evidence of what was actually received against what is still owed under the note, and bank records for every account the proceeds touched.