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That U.S. opportunity is worth a conversation. Explore professional work through the TN pathway.
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Hypothetical example: a household in Châteauguay wants children enrolled by the start of the school year, while the employer targets a later start date. Nobody has written either date down, so planning stalls. Begin by fixing both calendars.
Six routes stay open on this site: TN, L-1A, L-1B, E-2, EB-5 and Gold Card, which is named here without any claim about its current status. Current requirements for each need checking before you rely on them. Review citizenship, qualifications, employment, investment and family status as distinct questions. A spouse and unmarried children under 21 may be included as derivatives; a child who turns 21 during the process is a planning problem to raise early, not late.
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Decide which date can move: school enrolment or the employer's target. The missing fact is whether your employer will put a start date in writing. Ask for that confirmation next.
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List the school enrolment date, the employer's target date, and every deadline attached to each. Note who controls each date.
Ask your employer's mobility or HR contact what start date they can confirm, in writing, and what would change it.
List possible fallbacks, such as a later move or separate arrival dates. Before relying on one, ask about the immigration and school-enrolment conditions for each person.
Take the two dates, the employer's written answer and your fallback into a later professional review, and ask which categories apply.
A written date lets you sequence enrolment, notice periods and housing decisions instead of guessing. If the employer cannot confirm one, plan around the range they will state.
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Yes. You can request an initial consultation before deciding anything. Describe the two dates and the constraint behind each; a first enquiry is short and does not need document uploads.
Whichever one you cannot change without a cost you are unwilling to pay. Write that reason next to the date, because it is the constraint any later planning discussion has to work around.
Ask what start date they can put in writing, who signs it, and what would cause it to move. Ask whether a company contact can join a later planning conversation.
Not from a first conversation. Timelines depend on the category, the employer's documentation and current requirements, which need checking. We can tell you which facts make that discussion reliable.
Editorial source review: 2026-09-07.
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