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Funds expected under a property settlement should be traced from the legal entitlement through the actual payment. EB-5 requires qualifying capital at risk, lawful source and path, and qualifying job creation. A settlement document may explain the entitlement while leaving timing, liens or distribution conditions unresolved. The investment must create at least ten full-time jobs for qualifying U.S. workers, and the investor must be engaged in management or policy formulation. A spouse and unmarried children under 21 may be included as derivatives; residence is conditional for two years and requires a later Form I-829 petition. A careful first review produces a dated fact map, a document list, and a decision about whether the proposed activity matches the selected route. EB-5 requires lawfully sourced capital exposed to investment risk and a project meeting the applicable job-creation requirement. Residence begins on a conditional basis rather than becoming final merely because a petition is approved. The review should preserve source, transfer, job, and status evidence for the later condition-removal stage, not just for the initial filing. The record should distinguish completed facts from future plans, because a change in timing, ownership, duties, or funding may require the analysis to be revisited.