The sale agreement, closing statements, and any holdback or escrow terms from the Ontario transaction, together with the standard E-2 ownership, funding-path, and business-operation documents for the U.S. enterprise.
Keep the Ontario sale and the U.S. investment as linked but separate records
Provide a clear paper trail from the farm sale to the investment, including any currency conversion, and explain how joint family ownership of the original farm was divided if more than one person received proceeds. Then provide the U.S. enterprise's own operating and formation documents as a separate, complete set.
Use two indexed chains: one establishes lawful ownership and movement of money; the other proves the U.S. enterprise and commitment. Gather sale, inheritance or acquisition records, closing statements, bank transfers, currency conversions, escrow terms, formation papers, capitalization, ownership, contracts, premises, purchases, and a credible operating plan. Funds must be irrevocably committed and at risk, although the investor may be actively in the process of investing. A new enterprise can qualify if it will be real and active; it need not already be operating. The common mistake is submitting a final bank balance without the intermediate path or relying on revocable funds that remain under unrestricted personal control.
Hypothetical example: A greenhouse-nursery owner near Strathroy-Caradoc sells equipment and uses the proceeds to launch a U.S. specialty-propagation business. She preserves invoices, payout records, conversion slips, escrow instructions, signed supplier orders, and the lease. Each exhibit answers a dated movement or commitment. Projections demonstrate planned activity without falsely claiming sales have begun, while conditional arrangements receive review to ensure the capital is genuinely committed rather than merely reserved.