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Hypothetical example: a Sault Ste. Marie investor proposes a US business with uneven revenue across the year. E-2 planning should test the actual operating cycle, committed investment and nonmarginality instead of using one strong month as the whole forecast. Seasonal demand does not create a different immigration standard, and the business still must satisfy the route’s requirements. An E-2 file should show a real commercial commitment, not merely a business idea with money held in reserve. Review the investor's treaty nationality, the enterprise's qualifying nationality, control, lawful funds trail, commitments, and operating forecast together. Capital must be committed beyond the investor’s unrestricted reach and exposed to commercial risk; the enterprise cannot be marginal. The final business decision is whether the commercial plan would still make sense if immigration timing changed. A credible file distinguishes business risks from immigration assumptions, identifies who can lawfully perform each operating role, and preserves evidence as commitments occur. This reduces the temptation to backfill a plan after an application has begun and makes changes in funding, suppliers, or ownership easier to explain truthfully. The review should conclude with an operational decision: what will the investor personally direct, what will employees or contractors do, and which costs will continue if revenue arrives later than hoped? Recording that answer makes the nonmarginality and control analysis concrete. It also protects against an avoidable inconsistency in which a business plan depends on unpaid family labour or a passive owner while the immigration narrative says the investor will develop and direct the venture. Amend the plan openly when the facts change.