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KILLARNEY · L-1A FIELD GUIDE

Is the manager’s department budget part of the filing fee calculation?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

Operating expenditure and immigration charges should be identified separately. A larger department budget does not buy the required managerial capacity.

Explain the purpose of each expenditure

Use business financial records where relevant to the role or new office, and confirm the official fees applicable to the actual employer and filing. Keep professional work, records and family costs distinct rather than representing a commercial budget as an immigration payment.

Extensions recur, each with preparation, updated corporate evidence and government charges confirmed against the current published schedule, since these filings can carry more than one and some depend on employer characteristics. Where a material change occurs, an amended petition carries its own charge, and the associated professional work of re-documenting the ownership chain is often larger than the original because two structures must now be explained. Ask for the scope in three parts so nothing is assumed: the structural review of the changed organization, the evidence-gathering work of assembling operating records, and the drafting of whatever filing follows. The first budget should assign each expense to a decision: corporate-document review tests the relationship, accounting evidence tests active business, and relocation spending follows an approved plan.