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METCHOSIN · L-1A FIELD GUIDE

What should connect parent funding to the US office?

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Relevant commitments and operating evidence should explain the actual support available.

Reconcile the plan with effective decisions

A consolidated statement may provide context without establishing a particular transfer or budget. Keep proposed funding distinct from resources already committed to premises and operations.

Incorporation documents for both entities, the share register and transfer records, recent financial statements, tax filings, and payroll evidence covering the employee’s qualifying year. Use operating evidence for the U.S. entity, including the executed purchase agreement, state registration, lease or deed, payroll, customer invoices, supplier accounts and bank statements. Use payroll ledgers, tax reporting, employment agreements, calendars, signed decisions, reporting charts, and contemporaneous work product to show one continuous year of full-time employment physically abroad within the relevant preceding three-year period. Corporate documents should prove the parent, branch, subsidiary, or affiliate relationship and that the foreign side conducts active business; unless the US operation qualifies as a new office, they should also prove that the US side conducts active business. Mixed paperwork is the usual problem, with premises taken in the parent's name, an account opened personally, or invoices issued by an entity that was never registered, and each mismatch invites a question costing more to answer later than to prevent now.