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VARENNES · E-2 FIELD GUIDE

What financial records make a first-year budget credible rather than aspirational?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

Bring the assumptions behind each line: signed or negotiated lease terms, quotes and orders for equipment, supplier pricing, payroll estimates with roles, insurance quotes, and any letters of intent from prospective customers. Then bring proof of money already moved — transfers, invoices paid, deposits — with records showing where those funds came from.

Assumptions with a paper trail behind them

Explain the basis of estimates using available quotations, contracts, historical figures or other relevant evidence; not every projection line requires a signed contract. Identify which amounts are paid, committed or only forecast. Review refund and escrow provisions where material, and resolve missing required evidence before filing rather than assuming a later supplement will be accepted.

Provide the executed contract with its schedules, order forms and side letters so the summary can be checked. Identify actual equipment delivery, payments, ownership changes and remaining conditions. Do not label every proposed worker permanent or imply signed employment arrangements exist when they are only assumptions. Keep the paper trail from source to expenditure intact, including the lawful origin of the funds, and expect the proportion invested to be weighed against what a business of this type genuinely costs to establish.

If escrow is used, its release must depend only on visa issuance; any other condition means the funds are not yet at risk.