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SABLES-SPANISH RIVERS · L-1A FIELD GUIDE

Does buying a management assessment establish L-1A eligibility?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

No. An assessment can explain genuine duties, but it cannot create discretion, staff or an essential function that does not exist.

Pay for clarification rather than a promised result

Ask what records and interviews support any report and separate that professional service from government fees and business staffing costs. A persuasive label is not the legal test. For a new office, the operating budget must support the proposed role within one year of approval independently of the price of an assessment.

Ask an accountant or corporate records specialist to estimate the work needed to produce clear ownership and payroll documentation if it does not already exist in an organized form, and treat that as a distinct cost from the immigration filing itself. Ask for the scope in writing, itemised by task rather than by outcome: reviewing the foreign employment year, reconciling the role description against corporate records, preparing the petition, and responding if further evidence is requested.