By reconstructing both chains. The source is proved with the sale agreement, closing statement and the tax filings that reported it; the path is proved with statements for every account the proceeds passed through since, including a mortgage discharge and any term deposits, so that each movement is accounted for.
Old money needs a longer paper trail, not a shorter one
Hypothetical example: Hermine's capital came from selling a Wickham furniture plant thirteen years ago. The proceeds went into a personal account, discharged a mortgage, then sat in a series of term deposits that were rolled over repeatedly. Nothing about this is improper, but age makes it harder to evidence, because banks purge records and memories do not count.
She should begin by requesting historical statements from each institution while there is time to escalate a refusal, then lay the movements out as a single dated schedule with a document reference against each line. The mortgage discharge is worth particular attention, since money that leaves an account and later reappears looks like a gap unless the discharge statement explains it. Where a document genuinely cannot be recovered, the correct response is a clear explanation with whatever secondary evidence exists, not a silent omission that an officer will find.
- USCIS: EB-5 immigrant investor program
- USCIS: EB-5 immigrant investor program, permanent workers
- USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 6 Part G: investors
- 8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(5): employment creation, capital amounts and job requirement
- USCIS: Form I-829, petition by investor to remove conditions on permanent resident status
- Department of State: Visa Bulletin
- USCIS: Child Status Protection Act
- USCIS: Form G-1055, fee schedule