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FUNDY ALBERT · L-1A FIELD GUIDE

Are replacement-manager wages part of the government filing fee?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

No. They are business costs that may support an operating plan, distinct from government and professional charges.

Budget the continuing enterprise honestly

Identify who funds the foreign and US operations. Spending on a replacement does not guarantee that all transfer requirements are met.

Government charges are listed in the USCIS fee schedule, Form G-1055, and include the petition fee, the fraud-prevention fee and, depending on the company's size and workforce, other statutory fees; premium processing is optional. Divide the ledger into petition preparation, official filing charges verified from current sources, premises costs, construction, equipment, payroll runway, and ordinary launch expenses. The dispatch-software rollout, the U.S. salary, relocation and housing allowances are commercial spending; they are relevant to the case only as evidence that the subsidiary is active and can support a managerial position. Confirm current official charges without copying amounts from another employer, and define whether professional fees cover entity analysis, drafting, translations, later inquiries, extensions, or family filings. The costs that are harder to predict are the professional ones: reconstructing the corporate chain, preparing staffing evidence, and answering a request for evidence about managerial capacity if the first submission was thin. A generous budget does not create the qualifying relationship between the two entities, does not make a position primarily managerial or executive, does not supply the continuous qualifying year abroad, and cannot let one employee staff two operations.