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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
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Read & prepareSeven decisions, answered before you prepare.
Martensville TN guide: translate an internal job code into the real professional activities
An employer’s occupational code may cover several roles. Explain the actual assignment and prescribed profession requirements rather than treating the internal classification as the immigration answer. A first review should produce a short evidence map: the citizenship document, the listed profession, the required credential, the actual duties and the employer relationship. It should also settle process before travel. A Canadian applicant may request TN classification when seeking admission, while an employer may use Form I-129 with USCIS where that route fits; Mexican applicants need a TN visa before requesting admission.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Describe the employee’s specific work
- Assess credentials against the listed profession
- Keep the arrangement and permission accurate
Martensville guide: identify actual citizenship while comparing two job descriptions
A choice between roles does not determine nationality eligibility. Keep the applicant’s citizenship and Canadian residence separate from the employer’s preferred category. The first decision is whether the principal has the nationality required for the chosen category on the relevant date. Permanent-resident documents, tax residence, a Canadian address and a future citizenship application may matter elsewhere, but none should be treated as proof of citizenship. A route review then identifies the separate employment, ownership or investment records needed for that category.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Record the personal nationality evidence
- Assess the real alternatives independently
- Preserve the household’s individual facts
Martensville E-2 guide: compare the ownership percentage with the actual voting rights
An ownership chart may omit rights that matter to development and direction. Read the genuine agreement before declaring a minority interest sufficient or insufficient. A useful review builds three linked timelines: ownership and governance, source and transfer of funds, and the enterprise's operating steps. The applicant must be able to show genuine development and direction, while the capital must be lawfully obtained, committed to loss and placed in an enterprise that is not marginal. Those questions are related, but no single percentage or bank balance settles all of them.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Identify rights and restrictions accurately
- Keep treaty ownership distinct from personal control
- Preserve the investment and operating requirements
Martensville L-1 guide: separate current technical work from the launch management plan
A new-office L-1A proposal should explain how the operation will support the qualifying role. A forecast of future management should not conceal who will perform the actual operating tasks. The first review should produce a one-year operating map: premises, capital, initial activities, staffing, reporting structure and the manager's planned decisions. It should also verify the qualifying organization and the applicant's foreign employment dates before relying on forecasts. New-office approval is initially limited to one year, so the plan must show how the operation can support the claimed role within that period.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Describe the genuine division of work
- Apply the specific new-office L-1A rule
- Keep other transfer conditions complete
Martensville L-1 or E-2 guide: resolve whether the proposal concerns employment or investor direction
One person may hold both an employment position and an ownership interest. Explain each real capacity before using either label to select a route. The selection starts with a factual fork. Use the L analysis when there is a qualifying international organization and the applicant has the required foreign employment history; use the E-2 analysis when treaty nationality, ownership, real direction and qualifying capital support an investment enterprise. Neither route converts a convenient title into the missing factual foundation of the other.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- For L, describe history and U.S. duties
- For E-2, describe the investor’s rights and capital
- Keep the final facts consistent
Martensville family guide: distinguish a category label from each person’s current status
A household may discuss several possible routes before one is actually pursued. Keep proposed categories separate from the status and permission each person presently holds. A first review creates a separate line for every traveller: present status, intended category, relationship evidence, passport validity and expected admission timing. The family must then decide which person is the principal and whether each relative qualifies as a derivative at the relevant stage. A household's business plan or moving date does not itself grant any person's employment permission.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Name the actual and proposed positions
- Assess work rights from valid status
- Track dates and changing eligibility
- Sequence immigrant-family entry from individual documents
Martensville investor guide: identify the immigration event behind a favorable notice
A petition approval, successful vetting message and residence commencement concern different steps. Read the actual notice before using it to plan a move or a later filing deadline. Before comparing sums, identify what each route requires: for Gold Card, a gift treated as evidence toward an EB-1 or EB-2 basis plus admissibility and visa availability; for EB-5, qualifying capital, jobs and participation. The strength of those showings, not the payment alone, may decide the case.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- For EB-5, locate the start of conditional residence
- For Gold Card, distinguish vetting and gift instructions
- Keep money and case outcomes separate
- Compare invested capital, government gifts and residence milestones
- Compare the official requirements for each route