Use relevant records showing ownership, lawful entitlement, amounts and actual movements into the investment.
Keep the sequence complete
A final receipt may leave earlier transfers unexplained. Do not replace real intermediary steps with a fictional direct payment solely to make the diagram shorter.
Create a chronological table with one row for each transfer, showing date, amount, currency, sending owner, receiving account, source document, and ultimate business use. Reconcile it to complete bank statements, sale or loan records, joint-owner consent, corporate resolutions, escrow terms, and closing receipts. Do not omit an intermediary account or redraw several movements as one fictional wire. Separately prove treaty nationality for the investor and at least half of the enterprise’s ownership, together with the investor’s ability to develop and direct it. The commitments must put substantial funds irrevocably at commercial risk in a real, active, nonmarginal enterprise. Because E-2 is temporary and creates no direct permanent-residence path, keep longer-term planning distinct.
Hypothetical example: a Magog bicycle mechanic uses an inheritance deposited jointly with a sibling, then a personal credit line, to acquire an American repair shop. Her ledger should connect the estate distribution, sibling’s release, credit agreement, two bank transfers, escrow, purchase contract, and final business account. She must not show only the seller’s receipt. Ownership records and the operating budget should also demonstrate Canadian treaty nationality, control, genuine opening activity, and capacity beyond merely supporting her household.