They can show the boundary between routine support and decisions the transferee actually controls. Use the records to clarify that boundary rather than treating access to a budget as conclusive.
Select representative approvals
Show who proposes, reviews and authorizes expenditure, and when the manager can act independently. Link examples to the job description and reporting structure. If authority is limited, explain the actual limit instead of presenting every shared-service transaction as a decision made by the applicant.
For a small seasonal business the petition's cost sits mostly in accounting and administrative time: producing three years of payroll, reconstructing an organizational chart that was never written down, obtaining corporate registers and share transfer records, and gathering proof that both companies are actually trading. Share registers and resolutions tracing ownership between the Canadian and American entities, evidence that both are actively doing business, organizational charts for each with duties attached to positions, and payroll records establishing the transferee's qualifying year abroad. Separate decisions the applicant can make alone from recommendations requiring another person’s approval, then match each claimed authority to the record that fixes it: a delegation matrix for spending, signed evaluations for supervision, and meeting minutes or job descriptions for function-level priorities.