A salary budget does not establish that the underlying work is actually covered.
Allocate resources to real roles
Distinguish existing staff from proposed hires and explain the funding assumptions. Professional preparation costs should also be clear, without implying that expenditure guarantees L-1A qualification.
Extensions recur, each with preparation, updated corporate evidence and government charges confirmed against the current published schedule, since these filings can carry more than one and some depend on employer characteristics. The dispatch-software rollout, the U.S. salary, relocation and housing allowances are commercial spending; they are relevant to the case only as evidence that the subsidiary is active and can support a managerial position. The acquisition price of the U.S. towing operation therefore appears in the file only as evidence, showing that the subsidiary is real, that it was actually purchased and that the parent has the means to support the position. Employers planning a transfer around an employee whose record includes a gap should budget the additional preparation time as the real cost driver, rather than expecting a separate line-item government fee for the continuity issue itself.
For a small seasonal business the petition's cost sits mostly in accounting and administrative time: producing three years of payroll, reconstructing an organizational chart that was never written down, obtaining corporate registers and share transfer records, and gathering proof that both companies are actually trading.