Can I use capital from stocks to apply for EB-5? Do I need to provide evidence for the source of the initial capital I put in the stock market?
Answers
Bernard P Wolfsdorf
EB-5 Immigration attorneysYes, you must show how you got the money to invest in the stocks.
BoBi Ahn
EB-5 Immigration attorneysYes, you can use the money earned from stocks/investments to apply for EB-5, and yes, you would need to show legal source of your initial capital.
A Olusanjo Omoniyi
EB-5 Immigration attorneysYes, you certainly can. However, you should also provide information about how you obtain money for the investment in stock.
Phuong Le
EB-5 Immigration attorneysYes to both questions. The gain is easy enough to show, but yes, you need to show when you purchased them and for how much.
Salvatore Picataggio
EB-5 Immigration attorneysYour investment account statements should show the ownership and earnings, and you would have to take control of the earnings as personal capital. USCIS has asked investors to go further and further back in time to show contributions in the area of company ownership (related to funds from dividends or distributions), and property (as how they bought the property in the first place). So it is feasible that the source of the original stock purchase may be on the table.
Ed Beshara
EB-5 Immigration attorneysThe source of personal investment funds may be derived from the sale of personal assets such as stocks. The investor will have to authenticate how they received the funds to purchase the stock.
Igor Serbinin
EB-5 Immigration attorneysYou always will be required to show the source of capital.
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