Clarify responsibility and professional scope with the relevant parties. Corporate transaction costs, official charges and individual preparation are separate budget items.
Identify the questions included
Ask whether the estimate covers entity changes, employment history and the proposed role. A transaction adviser’s work may not include the individual L analysis. A purchase price does not indicate immigration eligibility or the cost of resolving missing evidence.
The employer files the petition and ordinarily pays the government filing fee and any related fees it chooses, such as premium processing; consult the USCIS fee schedule for current amounts. The immigration budget is small next to the facility budget, and the danger is confusing them. Use the genuine operating plan to identify costs on both sides of the transfer. For a company that has always been small and privately held, the petition forces work that has nothing to do with immigration. Create separate ledgers for business travel, petition expenses, and evidence production. For a Canadian citizen, port-of-entry presentation of an L petition is possible and carries its own charges at the border.