The investment structure, the lawful source and path of capital, the applicable at-risk requirement, and qualifying job creation must each be established. Whether the reduced capital threshold applies depends on the project's own qualifying circumstances, not the investor's preference.
Assess the project's evidence and the investor's evidence together
Identify which petition route applies and what each part of the file is actually meant to prove. A complete personal funding history does not establish the project's job-creation evidence, and confident project materials do not establish the investor's lawful capital. Resolve open questions before committing any funds.
The requirement is that the capital was lawfully obtained and can be followed in an unbroken line from origin to enterprise, which for a business family means corporate statements, tax filings across years, sale documents for any asset liquidated, and statements covering every account involved. The investor must be engaged in the enterprise's management or policy formulation rather than holding a passive interest, which in a regional centre structure is ordinarily satisfied through the rights of a limited partner or member.