Bank transfers out of the investor's control, receipts and releases from the seller, an executed lease, paid invoices for equipment, licences and inventory, and payroll records for staff hired. A balance sheet showing available funds proves the opposite. Escrow documents should be included and read for whether the money can still be recalled.
Evidence of spending, not evidence of means
Applicants often assemble a careful package proving they can afford the investment and are surprised that this was never the question. Capital counts once it is subject to loss and committed beyond recall, so the useful documents record money leaving rather than money held. A signed lease with rent already paid, invoices marked paid for calibration standards or vehicles, a bill of sale with the funds released, insurance policies in force, business licences issued and the first payroll run all show a business that has started.
Where a purchase is conditional on the visa, an escrow is normal, and its terms are then part of the evidence: money returnable at the buyer's option is not committed, whereas an escrow releasable on approval with the deposit otherwise irrevocable is a different instrument. Where funds are borrowed, the security documents matter, because a loan secured against the business assets does not place the investor's own capital at risk.