Start with the event that generated the funds, then trace the relevant ownership, payments, accounts and currency conversions through to the actual investment. Keep the real dates and figures rather than presenting a simplified version.
Explain any gap with a record, not a summary
Identify who holds any missing document and what fact that record is meant to establish. Where gifts, loans, distributions or asset sales are involved, provide their genuine terms for review rather than a paraphrase. Translation can explain a record, but it cannot substitute for a transfer or event that was never actually documented.
Use a transaction ledger rather than a stack of statements: list each source event, account, transfer, conversion, and receiving account with an exhibit number. The first review should identify gaps before funds are wired. Hypothetical example: a Québec family funds an EB-5 subscription with a gift from a parent who sold a grain-storage business.
The gift letter is not enough; the donor’s ownership, sale, taxes, bank deposits, and transfer to the child require records. The file succeeds or fails on the completely documented path of the money, not on an assurance that the family is financially comfortable.