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CANDIAC · L-1A FIELD GUIDE

Should contract value determine the preparation budget?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

The professional scope should reflect the actual review and evidence work, not an assumption that a larger procurement portfolio guarantees eligibility or requires a particular fee.

Separate purchasing expenses from case preparation

Clarify document selection, role assessment and current official charges. Submitting every commercial contract may add cost without clarifying who manages the procurement function.

Ask whether the fee covers a response to a request for evidence, which small-subsidiary petitions draw more often than large ones, and whether it covers the extension petition when the initial period ends. The fee categories to expect for a Form I-129 L petition are the base filing fee, the fraud prevention and detection fee, the asylum program fee, and, if the season requires a fast answer, premium processing. Separate from those, the business must fund a salary appropriate to an executive, which affects the subsidiary’s cash-flow evidence, and may incur legal fees, translation costs and relocation expenses. Eligibility requires an active parent, branch, subsidiary, or affiliate and primarily managerial or executive U.S. duties. Government charges should be checked against the current USCIS Form G-1055 schedule for the actual filing, rather than folded into an impressive travel total.