No. Review the actual capital and enterprise rather than the brand’s aggregate figures.
Separate the local proposal’s amounts
Identify committed funds, charges and financing security. A successful franchise network does not automatically satisfy the investor’s substantiality or nonmarginality analysis.
The purchase price, equipment bought for the business, lease deposits, inventory, insurance and working capital transferred into the operating account are all part of the investment picture. Spending genuinely committed to the U.S. enterprise and exposed to loss — tooling, inventory, deposits that are not simply refundable, equipment, leasehold costs, payroll and marketing. Show which line each purchase, lease, or deposit supports, and keep business expenditure separate from immigration-preparation legal costs, whose treatment should be reviewed on the actual facts. Keep independent commercial diligence in the budget; a payment that is substantial for the household does not, by itself, establish the required investment or confirm that the underlying business is sound. Beyond the immigration budget sits a commercial one that is easy to overlook: if the business must remain more than marginal, it may need investment to grow, and a relocation that costs customers may require capital to replace them.