Collect existing employment evidence as it is created, and distinguish jobs already filled from those the plan projects. Not every qualifying job must already exist at petition filing; the applicable job-creation rules and deadlines govern. A forecast cannot be presented as historical payroll, and a project’s future reporting plan should identify the records needed to substantiate actual performance.
Where job evidence sits in the wider sequence
Job creation is assessed through the case record and the legal deadlines that apply, not only at the removal-of-conditions stage. The wider sequence runs from petition to visa availability, then an immigrant visa abroad or an adjustment where the applicant is genuinely eligible and a visa number is available, and later conditional residence. Filing a petition is not, by itself, work or travel authorisation.
Review the appropriate petition route and current Visa Bulletin with counsel, including chargeability rather than assuming Canadian residence removes a queue. Track the genuine changes and preserve the actual conditional-residence anniversary and I-829 window rather than assume a staffing revision resets the immigration calendar. When hiring changes, compare actual job creation with the method and timetable in the approved case; do not silently recycle names or assume a vacancy is irrelevant.