Identify the actual status of discussions, proposals or contracts. Preserve conditions and dates rather than presenting every opportunity as confirmed revenue.
Connect commercial facts to staffing assumptions
Explain which support decisions depend on the opportunity and what remains unresolved. Ask the company to provide genuine records. A letter of interest may be relevant without establishing that the work or funds are guaranteed.
Identify the appropriate records and people who can establish the duties. Create an operating chronology from invoices, payroll, contracts and regular commercial activity; incorporation is only one entry. If the U.S. plant was bought rather than founded, include the purchase agreement and the closing date, because the qualifying year must be with a group member and the relationship must exist when the petition is filed. Doing business is shown by financial statements, customer contracts, invoices, payroll and premises leases for both. Where a period of managerial work is claimed, add an organization chart from that period rather than a chart drawn today to fit the claim.
A chart that helps shows named individuals, their job titles, who each person reports to, and whether they are employees or contractors, on both sides of the border and at the date of filing rather than at some hoped-for future.