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STRATHCONA COUNTY · EB-5 FIELD GUIDE

What records distinguish EB-5 job sharing from unrelated part-time jobs?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

Show the actual permanent position, duties, schedule and employees sharing it.

Make the employment structure clear

Use accurate employment and payroll records that explain the arrangement. Do not infer a single full-time position solely from a convenient sum of hours. Direct qualifying employees exclude contractors, nonimmigrants and the investor, spouse, sons or daughters.

Keep the job-creation documentation separate from the personal source-of-funds records, since a strong study does not verify the investor's own capital and a clean funding history does not establish that the project will actually create the required jobs. Where funds come from employment income accumulated over many years, the natural evidence is the employment itself: contracts or letters covering the period, pay records, and personal tax filings for the relevant years showing income consistent with the savings claimed. Build a chronological funds record from original acquisition to the enterprise investment, preserving tax records, sale agreements, employment records, gifts, loans, bank statements, and transfer confirmations as applicable.