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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.
Cambridge TN guide: explain why the offer and project letter differ
Different documents can describe different aspects of an assignment. Clarify the actual employer and agreed professional work before assuming the most favorable wording supplies the full TN account.
Hypothetical example: an offer uses a legal entity name while a project letter uses a brand. Identify whether the records concern the same actual arrangement. Preserve genuine originals rather than changing historical documents to make them look identical.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Locate the real difference
- Apply the listing to the agreed duties
- Explain credentials and permission separately
Cambridge guide: clarify citizenship records without treating residence as nationality
An applicant may hold Canadian permanent residence while using identity documents from another country. Explain each document’s actual purpose before comparing U.S. routes.
Hypothetical example: an applicant’s Canadian residence card and foreign passport show different issue dates. Neither date converts permanent residence into citizenship. TN principals need actual Canadian or Mexican citizenship and the applicable professional qualifications.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Keep residence and citizenship distinct
- Identify the nationality relevant to investment
- Use employment records for transfer questions
Cambridge E-2 guide: read control and release terms after money moves
A transferred balance can still be subject to different forms of control. Identify the actual commercial commitment rather than treating the fact of movement as the complete investment test.
Hypothetical example: money is placed in an account for a contemplated acquisition. Identify whether it remains freely withdrawable and what binding obligations exist. A business account name does not itself establish capital at risk.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Explain access to the funds
- Assess genuine transaction conditions
- Preserve the enterprise conditions
Cambridge L-1 guide: distinguish a launch description from actual duties
A new-office plan can describe a future structure while the applicant’s current records show hands-on work. Explain the difference openly and apply the correct role-specific standard.
Create two descriptions: the applicant’s actual foreign work and the proposed U.S. job after the launch. Use existing payroll, duty records and reporting relationships for the first; identify real recruitment and delegation plans for the second. Do not relabel hands-on foreign delivery as management to fit a future title.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Compare today’s delivery work with the future position
- Choose the branch that the evidence can support
- Audit dates before presenting the launch forecast
Cambridge guide: compare the actual role with the actual control of capital
An applicant may have a company assignment and an investment proposal in different stages. Explain the real duties and financial commitments rather than selecting a route from draft language alone.
Hypothetical example: a company role is agreed while a purchase remains under discussion. L-1 needs qualifying organizations, relevant foreign employment and a managerial, executive or specialized-knowledge assignment. A proposed acquisition does not replace that employment evidence.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Describe the qualifying transfer facts
- Describe the investment facts independently
- Explain which facts are final
Cambridge family guide: keep each person’s records and intended activity separate
A household application can contain different names, ages and immigration histories. Clarify the individual records rather than assuming one person’s evidence resolves every family member’s status.
Where a passport and marriage record use different names, place the genuine name-change evidence beside those documents. Repeat that exercise for the child’s birth record instead of expecting the principal’s explanation to reconcile everybody’s identity. For TD, E and L dependents, establish the spouse relationship or that the child is unmarried and under 21; similar surnames are not proof.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Build a relationship record for each traveller
- Match the intended activity to that person’s classification
- Resolve discrepancies before choosing the immigrant family route
- Issue a travel sequence after identities are settled
Cambridge guide: connect the investor’s records without confusing capital and gifts
Funds may pass through different accounts and currencies before a residence proposal. Identify the actual lawful source, path and payment purpose rather than assuming one final receipt proves every requirement.
Hypothetical example: savings are converted and transferred through an intermediary account. Explain actual ownership, source, dates and amounts, including genuine differences. EB-5 capital must meet the applicable threshold, be at risk and support the qualifying-job framework, generally ten jobs per investor, with management or policy participation.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Reconcile the EB-5 money trail
- Keep official Gold Card payments distinct
- Use the actual person and process dates
- Reconcile transfers against two different payment schedules