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An inheritance held by an estate requires evidence of the applicant’s entitlement and the actual distribution path. EB-5 requires qualifying capital at risk, lawful source and path, at least ten full-time jobs for qualifying U.S. workers, and investor engagement in management or policy formulation. A will naming an applicant does not by itself establish that a particular sum is available for immediate investment. A spouse and unmarried children under 21 may qualify as derivatives; residence is initially conditional for two years and Form I-829 is used to remove conditions. An EB-5 file needs two distinct narratives that meet at the investment: how the applicant lawfully obtained and moved the capital, and how the receiving enterprise will satisfy the applicable job requirement while the capital remains exposed to business risk. Build the source chronology from primary records, then examine the project agreement, subscription or operating terms, and employment evidence independently. A valuation, inheritance estimate, or promotional forecast cannot substitute for that sequence. The decision is whether both the money trail and the investment structure are documented well enough for their separate legal questions. Before funds move, reconcile the source ledger to bank records and identify the document that explains every material increase, transfer, conversion, or intermediary. Then read the investment’s deployment and employment materials as a separate package. This sequencing gives the applicant a concrete choice: cure a documentary gap, obtain a better project explanation, or postpone action. It also avoids treating a transaction’s size as proof that its source, risk, and job consequences have been established. A complete chronology is more useful than a collection of summaries.