Confirm the actual scope and payer arrangements rather than assuming a transaction budget includes immigration preparation. Identify official charges separately.
Ask which evidence work is included
Clarify review of the applicant’s knowledge, history and company relationship, and any translation or retrieval work. The value of the acquisition does not determine whether the applicant qualifies or whether additional preparation will be needed.
Separate professional preparation and official charges from production or demonstration costs. The petitioning subsidiary pays the government charges for the L-1B petition. A new expense does not replace evidence of the knowledge actually possessed. The project budget and immigration costs should remain understandable as different items. If work occurs at an unaffiliated customer site, confirm that the petitioner controls it and that the arrangement is not labour-for-hire. Budget filing, travel, and operational expenses separately, using current official fee information.
Where they were written by a sales team to close a deal quickly, they frequently describe a technician being made available rather than a system being delivered, and rewriting them properly takes time from more than one department.