Review the actual terms, exposure and transaction stage; the label alone is insufficient.
Provide the full conditions
Identify when funds can be returned and whether a qualifying escrow arrangement is involved. Do not conceal an unresolved condition or assume all immigration-contingent structures are disqualified.
Gather I-94 printouts, passport pages, flight and lodging records, meeting calendars, correspondence with the seller, letters of intent, deposit receipts, and any escrow instructions. The escrow agreement and its release conditions, bank records tracing the transfer path, the executed purchase agreement, and evidence of expenditure already made in the business such as equipment, deposits and payroll. Bank confirmations of irrevocable transfers, escrow released on an unconditional closing, non-refundable deposits, executed leases, paid equipment invoices and signed supply contracts. Where a large purchase is scheduled to close only after the visa issues, an escrow releasing solely on visa issuance can count, but ordinary deposits refundable at the buyer’s option cannot. The reserve named in the conservative case deserves evidence of its own, whether a statement showing the balance, a committed facility with its terms attached, or a lender's agreement setting out what secures the loan.