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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.
Keep a professional project’s scope changes visible
A Maple Hills applicant should preserve the original offer and actual amendments so the TN account describes the work being proposed. The same employer name does not make every additional duty part of the original professional role.
TN requires Canadian or Mexican citizenship, a listed USMCA profession and its own qualification requirements. Identify duties and deliverables rather than using a broad project label. Do not assume experience can replace any required credential.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Describe the listed activity
- Document the current terms
- Review the amendment on its facts
Identify the citizenship fact before comparing changing US work proposals
A Maple Hills resident may receive successive project offers while a Canadian citizenship process remains pending. The US analysis should use citizenship already held and the actual work under consideration.
Canadian permanent residence does not satisfy the Canadian-or-Mexican citizenship condition for a TN principal. A Canadian employer or credential does not alter that rule. Do not convert an expected passport date into a confirmed fact.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Check TN eligibility on current nationality
- Compare other categories independently
- Keep the family account current
Separate franchise territory rights from a funded first location
A Maple Hills investor with a multi-unit development agreement should identify which enterprise and location the E-2 case actually concerns. The opportunity to expand later does not establish that the whole territory is operating.
Read unit-specific and development agreements together. Record actual premises, payments and resources for the initial operation. Keep future locations and conditional deadlines separate rather than aggregating all projected spending as invested capital.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Identify current commitments
- Meet the investor conditions
- Support economic capacity honestly
Explain how the US manager works within a cross-border reporting structure
A Maple Hills company may place a US manager under a foreign executive. The new-office plan should describe delegated authority and operational support, rather than treating the reporting location as the eligibility answer.
L-1A requires primarily managerial or executive duties. Identify actual decisions, reserved approvals and the staff or function supporting the applicant. First-line supervision of nonprofessional workers is not qualifying by title alone.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Define the role within the group
- Support first-year capacity
- Maintain the transfer evidence
Compare delegated company authority with a franchise development plan
A Maple Hills applicant could be asked to lead a US function within an existing group or direct an independently financed franchise location. Both involve future plans, but their present qualifying facts must be assessed separately.
L-1 requires the qualifying corporate relationship, foreign service and managerial/executive or specialized-knowledge US role. Reporting to a foreign executive does not replace an account of the applicant’s actual authority and duties.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Identify the transfer’s current basis
- Identify the investor’s actual operation
- Review the commitments that depend on an outcome
Maintain household instructions during an address or adviser change
A Maple Hills household should know which official notices remain outstanding during a private administrative transition. A shared folder or contact does not establish that every applicant’s government record is current.
Identify the person, requested action and deadline. Follow the actual official update procedure and confirm responsibility. Do not assume an enquiry, address change or adviser handoff pauses a due date.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Keep notices applicant-specific
- Check the work permission actually held
- Coordinate immigrant requirements
Keep project revisions and programme notices in separate records
A Maple Hills investor comparing EB-5 with Gold Card may receive changing project information and individual government communications. Each record should be assessed for the facts it actually establishes.
Capital generally is US$1.05 million or US$800,000 for qualifying targeted employment area or infrastructure cases, with statutory adjustment from January 1, 2027. At least ten qualifying full-time jobs per investor, lawful source and path, at-risk capital and management or policy-formulation participation remain required. A revised report should use supported assumptions rather than whichever version produces the highest total. Confirm the applicable capital amount using the petition filing date.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Evaluate the EB-5 evidence under the actual framework
- Evaluate the Gold Card process independently
- Distinguish documents from completed immigration stages