What burden of proof do U.S. citizens have when making an EB-5 investment?

The foreign investors only needs to prove source of funds. The U.S. investor does not have the same burden.

I do apologize for not clearly understanding your question, but why would you be making an EB-5 investment if you are U.S. citizen? Are you saying that you will be seeking EB-5 investment into your company? If that is the case, then the investor does have to show the source of funds.

There is no burden on U.S. investors.

An EB-5 application is an immigration law issue applicable only to foreign investors in the United States. U.S. citizens are not immigrants and they do not need to prove legal source(s) of their investment funds to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). USCIS has no jurisdiction over the U.S. citizens' investment activities within the United States. Advisably, for your proposed pooled investment with foreign investors' capital, please focus your attention instead on the need for compliance with your state and federal securities laws.

Difficult to properly answer your generic query, however, your burden will generally be lower than that of an EB-5 investor. USCIS is principally concerned with the EB-5 investor's source and path of funds. The business plan should, at minimum, describe the sources for the non-EB-5 funds. If these are complex, you might need to provide some evidence of your funds.

While the investor will have to show his or her funds were authentically obtained and transferred, the non-EB-5 sources of funds needs to provide at least some detail on where those funds come from. I do not believe the standard is as high for non-EB-5 sources of funds.

Only the investors need to prove legality of funds.

No, it is not true. There is no such requirement.

You will need to retain an experienced EB-5 law firm to advise you on the best approvable EB-5 legal and financial infrastructure. If the EB-5 funds will be used in a Bridge Loan setting then the source of the non-EB-5 funds will need to be described. Primarily, the foreign national investors are required to prove the lawful source of the personal investment funds.

You have been misinformed. The legal source of fund documentation required is for the foreign investors who will invest and seek immigration benefit. Investors/owners of the company who will not see immigration benefit, such as yourself, a U.S. citizen, do not have to show source of fund. When pooling the investment, it is the foreign investor''s funds that need to be tracked and traced, but you could add their investment funds to your funds to show total amount of investment for the project/business to come up with total jobs created. I would suggest that you consult an experience EB-5 attorney to explain in more detail for your foreign investor''s immigration process.