Use records appropriate to the actual employment and payment arrangements, alongside duties and dates. Explain salary, distributions or other payments accurately.
Avoid treating all receipts as the same fact
An ownership distribution may not establish employment by itself. Identify what each record shows and what additional evidence supports the qualifying history. Do not relabel payments simply to make the file easier to describe.
Start with incorporation records, share registers, purchase agreements, voting provisions, organizational charts and board materials that trace ownership or control between the petitioning US company and the foreign employer. The relationship the classification recognises runs through ownership and control, so the useful documents are the ones that show who holds the shares: articles, registers, share certificates, purchase agreements and any trust or shareholder arrangements sitting behind them. Gather signed scopes, commencement conditions, payment records, provider capacity, and a task matrix showing which routine duties the transferee will not perform. Match pay statements, tax slips, employment agreements and leave records month by month, then mark the intended filing date and the three-year look-back period. Board minutes, payroll records, signed employment agreements, bank records, and reporting lines often settle competing descriptions.
Bank statements demonstrating the subsidiary can meet the offered salary complete the picture.