Keep the actual hours, positions and payroll evidence clear and consistent.
Separate workload from new job creation
Explain why the additional hours occurred and what positions actually exist. Do not create fictional employee entries or hide overtime within a spreadsheet to make the headcount appear larger.
Reconcile timesheets, payroll registers, tax records, job descriptions, and the organization chart by position. Explain overtime as added hours attached to a real role, not as a substitute worker. For direct EB-5, the evidence must support ten permanent full-time qualifying positions; regional-center cases may use authorized economic methodology, but still require a defensible job analysis. Document the capital’s lawful source and path, at the standard US$1,050,000 amount or the US$800,000 level for an eligible targeted employment area or infrastructure project. Choose I-526 when investing directly; participation through a regional center calls for Form I-526E. Following immigrant processing, conditional residence begins, and Form I-829 must be filed during the 90 days immediately before its second anniversary to seek removal of conditions. Derivatives can include a spouse and eligible unmarried offspring below age 21.
Hypothetical example: A fish-processing facility proposed by an applicant around Petit-Saguenay shows long seasonal shifts but unclear headcount. The applicant obtains signed employment records, ordinary weekly schedules, hiring dates, and payroll explanations that distinguish permanent roles from temporary peaks. A clean table ties each employee to one supported position and flags overtime separately. It does not invent names or split a single person’s hours into multiple workers. Source-of-funds records and the correct petition track are maintained in separate indexed sections.