Identify what the applicable process requires and whether the existing record provides the necessary information. Do not commission duplicate work without clarifying the need.
Separate language services from legal review
Ask which translations are necessary and which factual questions require professional assessment. Identify official charges separately. A polished translation cannot replace missing evidence of knowledge, employment or the qualifying company relationship.
Government charges are identical: I-129 fee, fraud prevention fee, applicable asylum program fee and optional premium processing, on the USCIS fee schedule, paid by the employer. Government charges per the USCIS fee schedule, professional fees for the eligibility review and petition, staff time to assemble procedure and training records, and the L-2 applications for any family. Ask whether the scope includes reviewing technical explanations and coordinating with company record holders. Someone with technical authority has to identify precisely what is proprietary, retrieve records that may be scattered across shared drives and paper binders, and explain a process clearly enough for a non-specialist reviewer to follow. Itemize official filing charges, professional costs, internal-course spending, payroll, and worksite expenses while indexing the separate proof of specialized knowledge. For customer-site work, budget time to review control provisions because labour-for-hire placement is not cured by paying an expedited charge.