Separate qualifying invested capital from professional, administrative, government and personal relocation costs. Money spent on another purpose should not automatically be counted again as capital invested in the enterprise.
Account for obligations before committing the balance
Identify known liabilities and obtain suitable advice on their effect on available proceeds. This page does not calculate a tax outcome or fix currency conversion costs. The applicable investment threshold and the project’s actual charges need their own evidence.
Government filing charges are set out in the USCIS fee schedule, Form G-1055, and apply to the investor petition, to the later petition to remove conditions and to the consular or adjustment stage. An administration or management charge is a service fee under the operating documents, not automatically capital placed at risk in the new commercial enterprise; the two must be traced and classified separately. A projected return in the brochure is not income until it is paid, and the capital may be tied up for years beyond the conditional period while the project unwinds. Request the actual closing statement from the sale rather than an estimated net figure, since commissions, lien discharges and closing adjustments reduce what is genuinely available before any of it reaches an investment decision. Set aside, from the outset, any portion intended for a family member's own needs rather than assuming it remains available for the enterprise. Ask an adviser to confirm which remaining costs are still unpaid as of the date the budget is prepared, since a closing statement reflects one moment and obligations can continue afterward.