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Focused guides for the questions that need more than a quick answer. Each includes a worksheet to prepare your next conversation.
Guides for your next decision.
Build a TN employer evidence brief before drafting the letter
Read & prepare Applicant planningKeep an L-1A new-office record from approval to extension
Read & prepare Applicant planningCompare the E-2 evidence for a startup and a business purchase
Read & prepare U.S. destination planningCanadian RN planning for New York State
Read & prepare U.S. destination planningCanadian RN planning for California
Read & prepareSeven decisions, answered before you prepare.
Make the compensation and professional engagement clear
A Larouche applicant should explain actual pay terms without confusing an estimated package value with the qualifications required for TN. The first review should create a short matrix linking the employer, actual duties, listed profession, credential, and intended period, then identify the one record that proves each item. It should also separate a salary amount actually promised from a benefit valuation or currency conversion. Hypothetical example: A Mexican architect receives an offer that includes a Canadian-dollar housing estimate and a US-dollar salary. The applicant must decide whether the degree evaluation and any required practice licence support the actual architecture duties before presenting the compensation package.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Separate contractual pay and estimated benefits
- Match the actual professional requirements
Use nationality evidence before comparing US work options
A Larouche resident should establish actual citizenship before treating a US offer or investment option as a particular immigration route. The first review should identify the person's passport nationality, immigration status in Canada, proposed US activity, and the record that establishes each fact. That order prevents a promising offer from being treated as proof of route eligibility. Hypothetical example: A Namibian citizen with Canadian permanent residence has an offer to manage a US warehouse and an option to buy a small company. The person must decide whether corporate employment facts, treaty nationality, or an immigrant-investment record actually support any route before spending money on an application.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Separate residence from the treaty tests
- Apply other routes to the genuine record
Distinguish an acquisition option from the rights actually obtained
A Larouche investor should read the option, exercise conditions and actual payments together before describing ownership or invested capital. A first review should prepare a transaction timeline showing the option grant, deposit, exercise deadline, closing conditions, ownership change, and each transfer of funds. It should separately test the business plan and investor-control evidence. Hypothetical example: An Italian citizen signs an option for a dental-equipment repair shop and deposits funds in an escrow that releases only on visa issuance. The investor must decide whether the escrow terms create a genuine committed risk and whether the eventual ownership will permit development and direction of the business.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Identify the transaction’s actual stage
- Apply the investor requirements to effective commitments
Support the manager’s role when customer work is escalated
A Larouche company should explain how its US launch will support primarily managerial or executive work rather than relying on a senior job label. A first review should map the intended first year: premises, revenue-producing work, staffing dates, operating budget, and the duties the transferee will actually perform at each stage. It should also identify records proving the foreign entity, the US entity, and the qualifying relationship. Hypothetical example: A warehouse-inventory systems group plans a US launch with one transferee, a leased office, and contracted installation work. The company must decide whether the staffing and operating plan will allow the transferee to manage the function instead of personally handling ordinary installation tasks.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Show the real allocation of customer responsibilities
- Keep foreign and launch requirements explicit
Compare the actual employee role with the acquisition’s current stage
A Larouche applicant should assess the employment record and the option agreement independently before choosing a US route. The first review should run two separate evidence tracks: the corporate relationship, foreign employment, and US duties for L-1; and nationality, ownership, committed capital, and business viability for E-2. It should then compare timing and personal control rather than treating either route as a label. Hypothetical example: A Japanese entrepreneur may buy a specialty packaging company while also seeking transfer from an affiliated foreign employer. The applicant must decide whether the existing employment record supports L-1 now or whether the acquisition documents can first establish the actual E-2 enterprise and control.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Establish substantive transfer duties
- Establish current treaty investment rights
Budget family needs using actual status and instructed expenses
A Larouche household should keep expected income, work permission and each included person’s processing costs separate. The first review should make a person-by-person chart of proposed status, work permission, age, relationship, travel timing, and expenses instead of assuming the principal's plans automatically extend to everyone. It should identify the document that proves each family fact. Hypothetical example: A family plans for a teenager to take weekend shifts in a new retail business while one parent pursues a work route. The parents must decide whether the teenager has independent work permission before treating those earnings as part of the household budget.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Do not assume a second salary is authorized
- Identify included people and their actual requirements
Distinguish funding evidence from the full processing budget
A Larouche investor should understand what account records prove and which expenses remain beyond the main programme amount. The first review should build two distinct files: a transaction-by-transaction EB-5 source-and-path record with the investment and job plan, and a Gold Card budget with eligibility evidence and official-payment instructions. It should not let a large available balance substitute for either analysis. Hypothetical example: A cattle-feed supplier sold a minority business interest and wants to compare an EB-5 contribution with a Gold Card payment. The investor must decide whether the sale proceeds can be traced for capital at risk and whether a separate EB-1 or EB-2 basis is sufficiently documented for Gold Card.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Trace the actual EB-5 contribution
- Itemize Gold Card beyond the headline figure
- Keep residence dates tied to actual immigration events