Request the relevant business plan, job-creation analysis and allocation provisions, along with an explanation of the investment structure. Determine which assumptions are forecasts rather than completed facts.
Make the calculation understandable
Ask who prepared the analysis and which project activities support it. Keep your individual lawful-funds and investment records separate but connected; a project report does not establish where your capital came from.
Adjudicators trace the path of funds from origin to the new commercial enterprise and expect an explanation for every account the money touched. Everything that explains how the money was lawfully earned and everything that shows where it went: business sale documents, closing statements, tax filings, loan agreements and security instruments, property ownership records, and consecutive bank statements for each account the funds pass through. Once the funds are released, every account they pass through should be documented with statements covering the relevant periods rather than opening and closing balances, including any currency conversion and any intermediate transfer between the applicant’s own accounts. Create a source-to-project ledger citing originals for the share sale, taxes, intervening accounts, any gift or loan, subscription, transfer, and capital deployment. Preserve the request, response, and any statement that records are unavailable; secondary evidence and an honest explanation may then be assessed without pretending they are bank originals.