With payroll, tax, employment and operating records showing that at least ten full-time jobs for qualifying U.S. workers were created or can be expected within a reasonable time. Original projections alone are insufficient, but the I-829 standard is not restricted to jobs already filled.
The second proof is retrospective
Hypothetical example: The removal of conditions asks what actually happened, so the evidence has to have been created as the enterprise operated. That means quarterly and annual payroll filings, employee records establishing full-time status and worker qualification, and financial records showing the enterprise's activity across the period. Positions that were part-time, seasonal or filled by people who do not qualify need to be identified honestly rather than counted optimistically.
Where the investment ran through a regional-centre project, the counting follows the project's approved methodology and may include indirect employment, but the obligation still attaches to the investor's own petition, so the investor should know what is being counted and hold the documentation supporting it. A Cavan Monaghan investor should agree reporting arrangements with the project or the enterprise before funds move, not two years later.