Bank statements tracing the funds from their source into the U.S. company, then invoices, titles, a signed lease and registration showing the money spent on the enterprise, together with a statement of what remains as working capital.
Spent, contracted or escrowed, and each step documented
Consular officers test commitment by asking what the investor could still take back. Money in the U.S. corporation’s account that could be wired home is not committed; an excavator that has been bought, a yard lease that has been signed for a term and a licence fee that has been paid are.
The file should contain the source-of-funds documents, such as the holding company’s financial statements and the contractor’s personal tax returns, the wires from Canada to the U.S. company, and then the outgoing evidence: equipment purchase invoices with serial numbers and titles, the lease, the contractor registration, insurance binders, a first customer contract and payroll setup. A short table reconciling the total invested to those exhibits is the single most useful page in the file.
Where a large purchase is scheduled to close only after the visa issues, an escrow releasing solely on visa issuance can count, but ordinary deposits refundable at the buyer’s option cannot. The ownership chart with share registers, the shareholders’ agreement and the DS-160 and DS-156E forms complete the package.