It can provide more historical records to work with, but the same tracing and documentation standard applies. Longstanding ownership does not remove the need to show the actual lawful path of the specific funds being invested.
Use the available history without treating it as automatic proof
Gather actual historical records — deeds, corporate filings, tax records — covering the relevant period, and identify any gaps that still need independent verification.
A lender’s decision addresses financing, while EB-5 separately requires lawful source and path, capital actually placed at risk, investor engagement in management or policy formulation, and job creation. A regional center may count indirect and induced jobs shown by an accepted economic model, which is easier than creating ten direct positions, but the number is still tested at the removal-of-conditions stage. Approval leads to conditional permanent residence, and the conditions are removed only on a later petition showing that the capital remained invested and that the required jobs were created, or where permitted will be created within the applicable period.
- 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- 8 CFR 204.6 — employment definitions and participation; capital amounts superseded by statute