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DORVAL · GOLD CARD FIELD GUIDE

What should the company give me in writing before I apply?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

Request written funding authority, allocation of the corporate gift and each processing fee, and any employment or repayment terms if the job ends. Include the spouse’s funding arrangement. These records may matter to government review as well as the private agreement; follow the actual instructions about what to submit.

Connect corporate authority to the personal application

Identify the sponsoring legal entity and who can authorize its payment. Distinguish the program’s corporate maintenance and conditional transfer charges from any private obligations the employment contract places on the employee. Keep both sets available for review rather than assuming company documents are irrelevant to eligibility.

Submit I-140G supporting records and later interview documents through the instructed process. Weigh a letter of intent against a binding authorization, since companies often supply the first when the applicant needs the second. An intent letter records a plan; a board or officer resolution, a signed funding agreement or a countersigned side letter records an obligation the company can be held to.

Ask which one you are holding, and if it is the former, ask what would have to happen for it to become the latter. Check who signed, too: a commitment of this size usually needs authority well beyond a hiring manager. Hypothetical example: sponsorship is offered in an internal memo from a division head at a customs-brokerage and trade-compliance software firm while the funding agreement stays unsigned.

Ask for the executed instrument before resigning anything, because a memo binds nobody.