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WILMOT · GOLD CARD FIELD GUIDE

Which records should distinguish employer support from personal funding?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

Provide the application’s requested identity, sponsorship and source information accurately, with genuine supporting arrangements. Do not assume a payment receipt establishes all of those facts.

Explain different names in the money trail

Identify who controls the funds, who makes the payment and the intended applicant. Resolve inconsistencies before relying on a simplified description that does not match the underlying records.

Each principal builds a complete personal set — identity and civil documents, evidence of the specified benefit and eligibility, and whatever the USCIS instructions request — and signs their own filing. Identity and family records, the complete history of the fleet sale and contract assignments with bank records, any prior U.S. immigration or legal history, and a dated copy of the official instructions. Prepare identity, address, travel, admissibility, classification, and family records, organizing them against current official directions rather than an EB-5 checklist. The immigration file holds civil records — birth and relationship evidence, identity documents, and anything issued through the applicable process — and it is the only one that answers immigration questions. Collect identity, civil, and financial records early, but follow the official instruction list rather than ordering every conceivable certificate in advance.