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APPLICATION ANSWERS · EB-5 FIELD GUIDE

Should I keep the original business plan after receiving an updated version?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

Preserve the history and explain which version is current and what changed. The original can help establish the development of the case, while updated evidence addresses present facts. Do not submit contradictory projections without context or delete historical material merely to make the project appear unchanged.

Maintain a version and milestone record

Date the plans, notices and supporting analyses and identify the provisions or assumptions replaced. Keep actual evidence of progress separate from forecasts. The appropriate submission depends on the case stage and requirements, so a tidy archive is preparation rather than a substitute for that assessment.

Request the regional center's legal name and designation details, the project's offering documents, the escrow or subscription terms, the economic analysis behind the job projections, and disclosure of any litigation, enforcement action, or sponsor change. The subscription and partnership or operating agreement, which set out what the investor actually owns and what rights they hold, the offering materials describing the business and its risks, the escrow terms governing when money is released, and the job-creation methodology the project relies on. For a business sale that means the purchase agreement, the closing statement, the allocation between shares and assets, the corporate financial statements and tax filings behind the value, the lawyer's trust ledger, and every transfer from receipt through to the project's account.