Source of funds is documentation. It is not a slogan.

Published February 10, 2026 · Updated October 20, 2026

EB-5 source of funds is the documentation that shows your investment money was lawfully earned and how it moved to the investment.

How do I prove my EB-5 source of funds?

It depends on where your money came from. Salary, a business, a property sale, a gift or a loan can each work if every step is documented. USCIS publishes its standard in the Policy Manual, Volume 6, Part G, Chapter 2. Your immigration attorney builds the file from that standard and your facts. Veras does not prepare source-of-funds files. We can connect you with an experienced EB-5 attorney. The attorney works for you, not Veras, and Veras receives no referral fee. Start early.

Source of funds is documentation. It is not a slogan. USCIS wants a lawful paper trail — whether the money was lawfully obtained and how it moved from origin to investment. A balance is not a chain.

USCIS Policy Manual Volume 6, Part G, Chapter 2 is the agency’s published standard for lawful source and path of funds. Counsel who knows the facts builds the package from that standard. Do not invent a one-size document list.

What the paper trail is for

Salary, property sale, gift, and loan can work if documented. Large cash deposits without a documented origin are a problem. RFEs are missing steps, not automatic denials. Denials are more often at I-526E than I-829. Project approval is not source-of-funds approval. Approval of a project’s I-956F is not a green card, not source-of-funds clearance, and not a statement about capital safety.

FAQs

How do I prove my EB-5 source of funds?

It depends on where your money came from. Salary, a business, a property sale, a gift or a loan can each work if every step is documented. USCIS publishes its standard in the Policy Manual, Volume 6, Part G, Chapter 2. Your immigration attorney builds the file from that standard and your facts. Veras does not prepare source-of-funds files. We can connect you with an experienced EB-5 attorney. The attorney works for you, not Veras, and Veras receives no referral fee. Start early.

What is EB-5 source of funds?

Documentation showing investment capital was lawfully obtained and how it moved to the EB-5 investment — a paper trail, not a slogan.

Does project approval satisfy source of funds?

No. Each investor still documents their own capital trail for I-526E.

Where does USCIS publish the standard?

USCIS Policy Manual Volume 6, Part G, Chapter 2.

Veras does not prepare source-of-funds files. Your attorney does. We can connect you with an experienced EB-5 attorney. The attorney works for you, not Veras.

See: verascap.com · Projects · Form I-956F · Rural TEA · Talk to an EB-5 attorney.

Educational only. Not legal or immigration advice.