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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.
Clarify a job attachment that covers several positions
For a Saint-Ambroise TN file, a broad human-resources attachment needs a clear connection to the applicant’s real assignment. The initial file review should end with a one-page comparison of the proposed duties, the listed profession, the required credential and the evidence for each point. Hypothetical example: A Mexican urban planner is asked to combine neighbourhood-plan modelling with sales calls. The decision is whether the employer can separate the professional urban-planning assignment from incidental commercial activity without disguising the actual job.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Obtain the employer’s actual position account
- Match credentials to the clarified profession
Choose the route before approving the paperwork or payments
A Saint-Ambroise resident should distinguish Canadian residence from the citizenship, employment or investment basis of the proposed US application. The first decision is which personal fact supplies the legal basis: citizenship, qualifying employment, treaty nationality, immigrant investment or a retained immigrant category. Hypothetical example: A Canadian permanent resident who is also a Brazilian citizen plans to purchase a micro-roastery. The decision is whether the person’s citizenship supports the chosen route; Canadian residence does not answer that question.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Do not let a standard offer select the immigration category
- Identify the real investor route and its current conditions
Trace the E-2 purchase through its actual closing stages
A Saint-Ambroise investor buying equipment and ownership interests at different times needs a record that separates completed commitments from future rights. The first review should produce a payment ledger that identifies the source, transfer date, recipient, contract clause and commercial consequence of every dollar. Hypothetical example: A Canadian owner of a bicycle-dynamo workshop pays a supplier deposit before buying the shares of the US company. The decision is whether that deposit is truly tied to the enterprise acquisition or remains a recoverable personal arrangement.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Explain credits without counting the same value twice
- Prove the operating enterprise at the relevant stage
Show how the transfer and the new US operation will function
For a Saint-Ambroise business, an interim Canadian handover and the US launch are connected operational questions with different evidence. The first review should create two timelines: the completed foreign employment and the first year of US operations, with evidence assigned to each. Hypothetical example: A manager of a specialty-paper converting company will lease a US unit before its first staff member is hired. The decision is whether the premises, funds and staffing plan can support the qualifying role within the new office’s first year.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Document the actual foreign continuity
- Support the US role with an actual launch plan
Distinguish a personnel transition from a staged business acquisition
A Saint-Ambroise business plan may include both transferring an employee and buying US assets. The immigration route must follow the actual legal and operational arrangement. The first review should compare two evidence chains: qualifying employment and corporate control for L-1, against capital source, commitment, treaty ownership and business viability for E-2. Hypothetical example: A cold-storage control-systems company wants its Canadian operations lead to buy into the new US venture. The decision is whether the facts still support an intracompany transfer or instead require an investor analysis.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Test the transfer on the organizations and proposed work
- Test the acquisition on actual ownership and committed investment
Plan each family member’s work and payment position
Saint-Ambroise households should separate an accompanying family relationship from permission to work and from the amount actually payable under an investor programme. The first review should list every family member separately, identify the claimed relationship, age, marital status, travel timing and independent work plan. Hypothetical example: The spouse of a laboratory-glassware refurbisher plans to help during a US launch while their adult child handles online orders from abroad. The decision is which activity requires separate work authorization and which person can be included as a derivative.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Do not extend the principal’s assignment to the household
- Use actual derivative rules and individual charges
Read project milestones and payment milestones differently
A Saint-Ambroise investor should not confuse an EB-5 project-phase update or an adviser’s Gold Card invoice with an immigration decision. The first review should place the two routes in separate columns: EB-5 capital source, risk, job model and conditional-residence process on one side; Gold Card category eligibility, vetting and official payment sequence on the other. Hypothetical example: A manufacturer of adaptive kitchen tools receives both a regional-center presentation and a corporate Gold Card proposal. The decision is which set of governing conditions the applicant can prove, not which presentation has the shorter brochure.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Verify the EB-5 investment and job showing
- Separate official Gold Card amounts from private instalments
- Track residence from the actual immigration event