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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.
Greater Sudbury TN guide: resolve a title that hides the actual duties
Before compiling a TN submission, make the employer’s actual professional proposal understandable. A broad title is not a listed profession by itself, and additional documents cannot cure a substantive mismatch between the work and the proposed category.
Hypothetical example: a “project specialist” is expected to design a solution, coordinate vendors and prepare commercial reports. Ask for the actual responsibilities and a realistic account of how the work is divided. Use the explanation to assess the profession; do not rewrite the assignment merely to echo a category description.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Ask the employer for a representative assignment
- Match qualifications only after identifying the profession
- Close the important gaps before polishing the file
Greater Sudbury guide: organize Canadian residence and U.S. eligibility separately
An evidence file should distinguish Canadian permanent residence from the citizenship and substantive facts relevant to a U.S. route. Begin with the individual’s actual identity and proposed activity, rather than assuming every resident of Canada uses the same process.
Hypothetical example: a permanent resident has a Canadian residence card and a U.S. job offer. The card concerns Canadian status; the offer describes proposed work. Neither alone establishes TN eligibility, which requires eligible Canadian or Mexican citizenship and the applicable professional requirements. Record the actual citizenship and qualifications separately.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Identify what each document proves
- Build a route-specific evidence request
- Include the household before arranging the process
Greater Sudbury E-2 guide: explain a combined account of asset-sale proceeds
When investment funds come from several sales, the final balance is only the endpoint. Build a source-and-path explanation that preserves each relevant transaction while assessing what is actually committed to the enterprise.
Hypothetical example: equipment-sale proceeds and liquidated financial investments are transferred into one account. Identify each asset, relevant ownership evidence, completed sale, liabilities and transfer. Separate a projected selling price from proceeds already received. The source index should let the reviewer follow the real history without guessing which deposit came from which transaction.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Create a source index before a combined total
- Classify financing and commitments accurately
- Complete the enterprise analysis
Greater Sudbury L-1 guide: distinguish launch evidence from managerial labels
A new U.S. operation needs an evidence-based account of its role, resources and qualifying company relationship. A project leader’s title or an employee’s technical seniority does not replace the particular L-1A or L-1B assessment.
Hypothetical example: the proposed transferee will initially handle technical delivery while the company plans to hire operational support. Identify current and proposed duties separately and explain the basis for the staffing forecast. Document the actual foreign employment and entity relationship; do not turn a hoped-for hire into a present fact.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Describe who will perform the launch work
- Apply the relevant new-office requirements
- Prepare evidence of operations as they develop
Greater Sudbury guide: compare missing facts before comparing L-1 and E-2
If the proposal is incomplete, the useful first comparison is which facts each route requires and whether those facts can be established. Do not confuse a missing document with an underlying requirement the actual arrangement does not meet.
Hypothetical example: a project leader is considering a related-company transfer and separately evaluating a business purchase funded by asset sales. Record the employer, ownership, duties and investment in each proposal. A qualifying company relationship in one plan cannot be silently borrowed to support a different transaction.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Define the two proposals without mixing them
- Identify the decisive evidence for each route
- Choose the next evidence task deliberately
Greater Sudbury family guide: identify missing records without assuming permission
Family planning needs an individual evidence list as well as a shared relocation goal. Identify what is known about each person’s status and intended activity, and flag gaps before an employment or school decision depends on an unverified assumption.
Hypothetical example: a family summary lists a spouse as “not relocating for work,” but the spouse intends to continue paid remote employment from the United States. Include that activity expressly. Record children’s ages and study plans and each person’s citizenship and relationship. The principal’s work proposal does not answer all these questions.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Describe activities rather than household labels
- Apply the actual dependent distinctions
- Check the dates on individual evidence
- Respect the order of immigrant entry
Greater Sudbury guide: compare EB-5 and Gold Card with an evidence-gap list
Before comparing financial commitments, identify what each framework actually requires and which facts remain unsupported. EB-5 commercial investment and the official Gold Card gift route should not be combined into one generic purchase of residence.
Hypothetical example: the applicant has a current balance but needs historical records from several institutions. For EB-5, trace the lawful source and path of the proposed capital and assess the actual investment. Do not assume a spreadsheet establishes missing transactions or that a gift proposal resolves every individual eligibility question.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Separate the funding record from program eligibility
- Use the correct framework for each comparison
- Identify the next unresolved decision
- Distinguish capital, official gifts and residence stages