Compare a franchise illustration with the agreement you would sign

Hypothetical example: a Regina buyer reviewing a specialty packaging shop with a broad immigration-refund clause. A franchise sales package can describe an opportunity without fully describing the investor's obligations. Review the actual agreement and funding before using the illustration as the basis of an E-2 plan. Review the governing records and current official conditions before making any irreversible employment, travel or financial commitment. Hypothetical example: A Canadian citizen plans to buy a small U.S. specialty-mushroom grower and has signed only a nonbinding letter of intent. The central decision is whether to advance to contracts that genuinely commit capital while preserving a sensible commercial exit if the immigration plan fails. Begin by confirming treaty nationality and ownership, then examine the purchase and lease terms, then trace the money from lawful source to a commitment that faces commercial loss. The executed agreements, escrow instructions, invoices, and operating plan settle those points. A polished sales deck is not evidence that funds are committed, that the investor will direct the enterprise, or that the business will be non-marginal. The investor needs a real operating venture with capital placed beyond a freely reversible decision and exposed to ordinary business risk. The e2-investment working file should end with a short decision note: proceed, pause for a missing record, or select a different route. Name the record that settles each open point, its custodian, and the event that may change the answer. This turns a long list of documents into a usable sequence. It also prevents a commercial deadline, a sales claim, or a family expectation from being treated as proof of an immigration requirement in writing. Record adverse facts beside favorable ones and resolve material discrepancies before submitting any representation.