Base staffing decisions on the actual business and obtain a factual role assessment. Paying another person is not an automatic route to a qualifying management position.
Budget for an accurate account of the organization
Separate recurring staffing expense from petition preparation, translation and applicable government charges. A proposed delegation needs a credible description of who will perform the work and when; an invoice alone does not prove that the applicant has stopped doing it.
Clarify professional review, relevant evidence work and current official charges. Budgeting is useful, but fees and relocation costs do not prove the managerial standard or company relationship. The fee schedule lists the base I-129 charge and any additional statutory fees that apply to L petitions, and the employer may elect premium processing to obtain a decision within a fixed window. Small manufacturers often have accurate accounts and informal ownership paperwork, and reconstructing a clean chain of ownership for the file takes accounting and legal time. Eligibility depends on a qualifying related organization, one continuous year of managerial or executive foreign employment within the prior three and primarily managerial or executive US duties. A staffing schedule, service agreements, and budget authority can be more informative than a broad senior title.