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Hypothetical example: an owner in Rosemère receives a franchise proposal for a U.S. location and cannot yet say who controls hiring, pricing and supply. Naming those open contractual questions early shapes every later immigration discussion.
Six routes stay open on this site: TN, L-1A, L-1B, E-2, EB-5 and Gold Card, a separate program we name without asserting its current status. Current requirements for each need checking before you choose. Before a consultation, write a short account of the opportunity, the people it affects and the questions you want answered, and ask what the session covers.
Choose what brings you here. Leave with a short list of things to discuss—not another long form to fill out.
Sort your owner role from any employee role.

Decide who signs the franchise agreement: you personally, a Canadian company or a new U.S. entity. That choice changes which documents a later review will need.
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List every clause that decides pricing, hiring, suppliers and territory, and mark which ones the franchisor keeps and which you hold.
Write down who would own the U.S. operating entity, in what proportion, and whether Canadian shareholders hold that ownership directly or through a holding company.
Note which costs the agreement fixes, which stay negotiable, and which funds are already committed, without publishing any figures in a first enquiry.
Send the unresolved contractual questions, with your role and timing, to a qualified review where documents can be examined securely.
Ask the franchisor to answer the open clauses in writing before you commit. Written answers give a later professional review something concrete to work from.
Find your pathwayOur service is remote, starting with a free initial consultation. We are not a law firm. Where a matter needs legal advice, we collaborate with a licensed U.S. attorney. You can ask how any later document review would be arranged.
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No. The agreement's terms about control, ownership and your own role are inputs to that discussion. Bring the signed or draft clauses to a qualified review rather than assuming a category.
A plain description of the proposed business, who would own it, what you would do day to day, and a written list of clauses you cannot yet answer. Personal documents are not needed for a first enquiry.
We do not give eligibility conclusions. A free initial consultation maps your facts and the open questions; a licensed U.S. attorney addresses legal qualification once the contractual picture is complete.
That is your commercial decision. If you can, keep the draft available and note any deadline the franchisor set, so the sequence of signing, funding and filing can be discussed together.
Editorial source review: 2026-09-07.
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