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MERCIER · EB-5 FIELD GUIDE

What should I request when a project says its permit is almost complete?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

Ask for the actual application or authorization records, the outstanding conditions and an explanation of the activities affected. Distinguish a forecast from a decision already issued.

Show the dependency in the record

Connect the information to the business plan and hiring assumptions. Avoid presenting a sales update as an official approval or claiming a particular permit is unnecessary without assessing the real operation and location.

Identify the missing period and seek genuine available records or a supported explanation. Use the actual transaction and settlement records, together with the applicable charges or restrictions. USCIS accepts gifted funds as capital when the gift is genuine and the donor obtained the money lawfully, and it expects the donor's evidence to be as complete as the investor's. Begin with a transfer map naming every account, date, amount, currency, sender, recipient, and missing record. Demonstrating lawful acquisition of the asset can reach back years and rests largely on tax records and title documents. If the funds sat in a parent’s account for a month because that was where the cooperative sent them, that month needs a statement and an explanation.