The company must document the proposed operation itself, in addition to the person and the corporate relationship. Review premises, staffing and financial capacity before treating a target launch date as an immigration outcome.
Preserve first-year evidence as it is created
Confirm the actual approval and status dates from the issued documents, not an assumed timeline. Keep the originally submitted business plan and record any change in staffing, duties or operations as it happens. At the extension stage, the developed operation is what matters, and a later forecast cannot substitute for a contemporaneous record.
Create two timelines: evidence assembly and the business transition. The first should end with a filing-ready record; the second should show who will perform the foreign and U.S. roles while the case is pending.
Hypothetical example: a Québec renewable-energy company wants its head of project delivery in Texas before a contract milestone, but a shareholder reorganization has not yet closed. Because the qualifying relationship is not final, the company should resolve that transaction before relying on the assignment date. Filing speed cannot repair an entity relationship that has not been documented at the time of filing.
Document that sequence clearly.