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WILMOT · E-2 FIELD GUIDE

Should all proposed activities be described as operating today?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

No. Distinguish current activity, committed launch steps and future proposals. The real operating enterprise and investment conditions need evidence, not a preferred opening narrative.

Align the application with the transaction

Review genuine conditions and any escrow structure. Avoid assuming every acquisition must close unconditionally before advice or that every conditional contract is sufficient.

Fix dates for due diligence, funding transfers, licence applications, lease signature and assembly of the evidence package, and distinguish flexible planning targets from binding contractual or regulatory deadlines. Consular officers expect to see funds irrevocably committed, and they accept escrow arrangements that release on visa issuance because the buyer cannot recover the money simply by changing their mind. Keep launch commitments, supplier deadlines and lease or service contracts on the same calendar as the immigration steps, and treat every date as provisional because neither approval nor a processing time can be promised in advance. Work backwards from the lease commencement and mark the last point at which each obligation could still be deferred or renegotiated, since a fixed rent liability running against an enterprise that cannot yet lawfully be operated is the specific risk this sequence exists to avoid.