Skip to content
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF CARTIER · EB-5 FIELD GUIDE

Can the project’s due-diligence report replace personal funding evidence?

Sources checked:

THE DIRECT ANSWER

No. The investor’s lawful source and path require their own records.

Separate project and applicant facts

A report may address business issues without establishing how this applicant obtained and transferred capital. Trace the actual individual funds.

Assemble the partnership or shareholder agreement, the years of corporate tax returns and financial statements that show the company's lawful income, the valuation used for the buyout, the buyout agreement itself and the personal tax returns showing how the proceeds were reported. Start with the event that generated the money, then include ownership evidence, contracts, tax records, bank statements, exchange records, and each transfer into the new commercial enterprise or qualifying escrow. Sunniva's file needs registered deeds and transfer records for each severance, the statements of adjustments from each closing, appraisals or comparable evidence of value, the discharge of any mortgage, and the tax treatment of the gains as filed. The common mistake is providing only the latest closing statement, which identifies proceeds but may not explain lawful acquisition, beneficial ownership, intervening accounts, or the commitment to the U.S. business.