What we handle
Funds earned, sold, given or borrowed, in the United States and abroad.
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Earned income and business profits
Salary, dividends and business distributions, documented through tax returns and company records.
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Sale of property
Real estate and shares, with the purchase, the sale and the proceeds traced.
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Gifts
Gifts from relatives, with the donor’s own source documented as fully as the investor’s.
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Loans
Borrowed funds, with the loan terms, the lender and any collateral documented.
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Path of funds
Every transfer from the origin to the investment, including currency exchange and countries with transfer limits.
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Requests for evidence
Answers when USCIS or a consulate questions the source or path.
How the process works
Five steps, done before the money moves whenever possible.
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Map every source
We list each source that will fund the investment and decide which ones to rely on. Fewer, cleaner sources are easier to prove.
Who: the investor and the attorney
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Collect the records
Tax returns, bank statements, sale contracts, company registrations and pay records. Foreign documents need certified translations.
Who: the investor, with the firm’s list
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Trace the path
We follow the money from where it was earned, through each account, to the business or the project’s escrow.
Who: the firm
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Explain the gaps
Missing years, closed banks and cash-based economies all have answers. We document them with declarations and other evidence.
Who: the firm
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Write the summary
A narrative and an index tie each amount to its evidence, so the officer can follow it.
Who: the firm
Three common sources
Most investments combine two or more.
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Earnings
Salary and business income
Shown by tax returns and payroll or company records over the years the funds were accumulated.
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Sale
The sale of an asset
Shown by evidence of how the asset was bought, the sale contract and the proceeds arriving in the investor’s account.
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Gift or loan
Funds from someone else
A gift needs the donor’s source documented. A loan needs its terms, the lender and any collateral documented, and the business’s own assets cannot secure it.
Representative matters
A few recent matters, described without client names.
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Property
Traced the sale of an apartment bought two decades earlier, including records retrieved from a land registry abroad.
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Gift
Documented a gift from an investor’s parents, funded by the sale of their share in a family manufacturer.
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Transfer
Documented funds moved in stages from a country with annual transfer limits, with each exchange traced.
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RFE
Answered a request on business profits with audited statements and a forensic accountant’s report.
Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Every case turns on its own facts.