Contacting providers does not grant immigration permission or complete the investment conditions. Assess the actual process and operating arrangement before relying on the start date.
Use realistic milestones
Describe genuine progress without treating a planned launch as an approved result. A commercial deadline does not determine government timing.
Build the launch calendar around milestones you control — agreement executed, permissions filed, equipment ordered, first production run scheduled — because no processing time, appointment date or outcome can be guaranteed. Set milestones of your own: entity and ownership, funds trail complete, premises and stock committed, projections rebuilt on non-exclusive terms, final review. Set milestones you control — records retrieved, investment evidence assembled, counsel's read on the refusal — and avoid commitments keyed to a decision date nobody can promise. An escrow arrangement can release the purchase funds on visa issuance, provided the only condition remaining is the immigration decision, so the money is otherwise irrevocably committed. Written consent from the licensor, the executed assignment, an amended purchase agreement reflecting whatever was settled, and a revised operating plan each need to be in hand before the file can describe readiness accurately.