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PELHAM · E-2 FIELD GUIDE

Can the buyer start work when the valuation is delivered?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

No. The report is a commercial document, not immigration permission. Assess the actual investment stage and required process before relying on a work date.

Coordinate the transaction accurately

Describe genuine escrow or other conditions without treating a completed report as a completed acquisition or approval.

Consular officers expect to see funds irrevocably committed, and they accept escrow arrangements that release on visa issuance because the buyer cannot recover the money simply by changing their mind. An escrow whose only outstanding condition is issuance of the visa is accepted in official guidance as a solid, irrevocable commitment, while one the buyer can unwind for reasons of their own has preserved the funds rather than committed them. Keep the intention to depart when status ends visible in the plan, and avoid commitments — staff start dates, equipment delivery, a family move — that assume approval on a particular day. Escrow released to the seller on issuance and returned only on refusal satisfies the requirement that capital be irrevocably committed while protecting the buyer, and it is the standard answer to this sequencing problem. Conditions precedent, a financing condition or a landlord’s consent can leave a signed agreement fully reversible for weeks, and a deal the buyer may still walk away from has placed nothing at risk yet.