A commercial agreement does not grant work permission. Have the applicable immigration process and actual authorization assessed before relying on the activity.
Keep the contract deadline separate
A customer’s requested start does not determine eligibility or approval timing.
Settle ownership and control terms first, then sign a purchase agreement with escrow contingent on visa approval, then assemble the financial and source-of-funds evidence and apply. Franchisor approval usually comes first, followed by a binding purchase agreement and either completed expenditures or deposit into a qualifying visa-contingent escrow. Sequence commercial readiness by recording each consent, transfer, payment, and condition with its actual effective date. Escrow reconciles the two: the purchase agreement is executed, the funds are deposited with an escrow agent, and the release is conditioned on visa approval, with the deal unwinding if the application is refused. The common answer is a signed agreement with funds held in escrow and released on approval, prepared with counsel before signature rather than after. The structure that protects both sides is a conditional agreement with funds in escrow that returns the money on a refusal and completes on an approval. Transaction professionals can coordinate without altering commercial records to create a preferred immigration sequence.