The agency’s incorporation and share records, years of tax returns showing its income, the share purchase agreement and proof of payment, the receiving bank statement, and evidence of tax on the gain, forming one continuous chain.
Prove how she got the shares, what she sold them for and where the money went
A share sale produces a large credit that USCIS will not accept at face value. The file should start at the beginning: incorporation documents and the share register showing she founded the agency and how she acquired her shares, financial statements and corporate tax returns showing the business earned its value lawfully over the years, and her personal returns reporting dividends or salary. Then the transaction: the share purchase agreement naming the buyer, price and payment schedule, the closing documents, the bank statement showing the C$900,000 received, and the conversion and wire to the U.S.
company in dollars with the exchange record. Finally, evidence that any capital gains tax was reported. If the buyer paid in instalments, mark which have been received.
Any French-language corporate documents need certified translations, and a short signed narrative tying the exhibits together helps the officer follow the chain. Hypothetical example: a digital-archiving business is funded from a sale of shares received in several instalments. The first review should separate money actually received and transferred from money promised for a later date.
The share register, sale agreement, bank statements, and tax filings create the source trail. A contract price is not capital until the investor controls the proceeds and commits them to the enterprise. Mixing future receivables into the filing schedule is a common avoidable error.