Identify confirmed support, payment dates and costs the applicant must fund personally. Include living expenses and applicable immigration preparation charges. A reimbursement that requires receipts after arrival is not cash available before travel, so plan the initial funding separately.
Verify support without inventing an income requirement
Ask the institution to state what it actually pays or provides and any conditions. Do not turn a household budget into an invented TN salary minimum. The financial and immigration reviews should use the same accurate facts while answering their different questions.
The first should list government charges shown on the current official fee source, credential evaluation, translation, licensing work, and professional assistance actually needed. Verify government amounts through the current USCIS Form G-1055 schedule or relevant admission instructions; a recruiter’s bundled invoice is not proof of government payment. Confirm Canadian or Mexican citizenship, the prearranged US engagement, and any credential evaluation before purchasing optional preparation services. Professional fees for reviewing the duties description are usually the best-spent part of the budget, because a refused entry costs more than any of these items. Advisory fees for preparing the package are private charges and should be quoted separately so the applicant can see what is a government fee and what is not.