Use the actual records connecting the source transaction, receipt and subsequent transfers, as relevant to the case.
Keep the chain understandable
A short statement that funds came from family may leave the material source unexplained.
A signed gift instrument stating the amount, the date and that no repayment is expected; evidence of how the donor earned or acquired the funds, such as tax records, employment documents, corporate accounts or sale contracts; and bank statements showing the money leaving their account. Expect to provide financial statements covering the period in which the funds accumulated, corporate tax filings, the resolution authorizing any dividend or distribution, and banking records showing the movement. Obtain revised agreements, formation records, escrow instructions, bank-beneficiary confirmation, and an entity chart showing why the recipient changed; then update the lawful source-and-path narrative through the account. Demonstrating the path of funds is a banking exercise and fails on small things: a transfer through a relative's account made for convenience, a currency conversion at a private dealer, proceeds split across institutions and partly spent before being reassembled.
- 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(b)(5) — investor capital and adjustment provisions
- USCIS — Petition by Investor to Remove Conditions on Permanent Resident Status