Keep the actual recipient and purpose of each payment clear.
Distinguish employment services from official programme payments
A recruiter’s invoice may document a private employment expense; it is not by itself evidence that the instructed government gift was paid. Preserve genuine official notices and payment records separately from the employer’s hiring paperwork.
Organize records by recipient and stage. Preserve the online-application confirmation and receipt for the US$15,000 nonrefundable DHS processing fee, the subsequent USCIS notice and filed Form I-140G immigrant petition, vetting correspondence, the official gift instruction, and proof of payment to the specified government recipient. Place recruiter, advertising, relocation, and training invoices in a separate employment-expense folder. For an individual principal, the published gift is US$1 million after vetting; corporate-sponsored principal terms specify US$2 million. Neither type of gift is an EB-5 investment, and recruitment invoices do not demonstrate at-risk capital or job creation. The underlying EB-1 or EB-2 classification evidence, admissibility material, and availability analysis need their own sections. Because program directions may change, verify the official portal before any transfer. A common error is sorting by amount rather than legal purpose.
Hypothetical example: A forestry-equipment distributor in Sainte-Rose-du-Nord receives an invoice from an executive recruiter. Its controller labels that record as a private search cost and waits for official payment instructions after the sponsored operations officer’s vetting. The government receipt, when issued, will not be reconstructed from unrelated corporate invoices.