Identify the missing period and seek genuine available records or a supported explanation.
Document the actual evidentiary gap
Do not reconstruct a fictional trade confirmation. Explain which institution held the assets and what reliable records remain; a request for old statements should not be represented as if the records have already arrived.
Make a dated gap chart showing missing broker records, the institution that held them, requests made and independent evidence still available. Corroboration may include tax slips, bank debits, account-transfer statements, issuer records and later statements carrying forward the holdings. Explain absence honestly rather than recreating a confirmation. For a qualifying TEA or infrastructure project, the EB-5 threshold is US$800,000; otherwise, the amount is US$1,050,000. Ten full-time positions for eligible U.S. workers are required. A regional-center investment uses Form I-526E, whereas a direct one uses Form I-526. Lawful source and path remain essential, with two-year conditional residence and Form I-829 due within the 90-day period immediately preceding the second anniversary.
Hypothetical example: An acoustic engineer near Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley inherited bonds that a closed brokerage later transferred to another firm. She obtains the estate inventory, probate distribution, tax reporting, successor-account opening record and transfer statement, while preserving correspondence showing older statements were requested but unavailable. A regional-center choice would require I-526E; a direct enterprise would call for I-526 and its own job proof. The ten-job condition and lawful fund trail remain regardless of format. Describing requested documents as received would create a false link where a supported explanation is required.