Use relevant records of the actual rights, payments and any effective transfer or use arrangement.
Keep the transaction history visible
A receipt in a person’s name may require an explanation of the enterprise’s actual access to the resource. Do not invent a transfer document or imply a transaction occurred when it remains proposed.
Create a map showing the original buyer, source, seller, item, owner and operating company’s enforceable right to use it. Support each link with bank records, invoices, bills of sale, contributions, assignments, leases or existing corporate resolutions. The path should demonstrate lawful funds and an irrevocable, at-risk commitment rather than a reversible personal purchase. Also gather passports and ownership records proving treaty nationality, governing documents showing at least 50% ownership or operational control, and evidence that the enterprise is real and not marginal and that the investment is substantial in context. Never invent a transfer to close a gap; complete it lawfully or explain the current arrangement. E-2 does not directly confer permanent residence.
Hypothetical example: a Canton of Hatley specialty-tea packager orders sealing machinery personally while negotiating a US company purchase. At review, the machine invoice names her, the wire came from documented savings, and the operating entity has possession but no written right of use. She chooses an accurately dated capital contribution, obtains company acceptance and reconciles the fixed-asset ledger with the bank trail. Sales contracts and operating projections address viability separately. One clean chain from savings to enterprise rights is more useful than inconsistent schedules calling the same machine “transferred.”