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Focused guides for the questions that need more than a quick answer. Each includes a worksheet to prepare your next conversation.
Guides for your next decision.
Build a TN employer evidence brief before drafting the letter
Read & prepare Applicant planningKeep an L-1A new-office record from approval to extension
Read & prepare Applicant planningCompare the E-2 evidence for a startup and a business purchase
Read & prepare U.S. destination planningCanadian RN planning for New York State
Read & prepare U.S. destination planningCanadian RN planning for California
Read & prepareSeven decisions, answered before you prepare.
Which document decides a Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier physiotherapist's TN case
For a health profession on the USMCA list, the deciding document is usually the state licence or its equivalent, not the degree the applicant is proudest of. Identify the qualification the Appendix 2 entry names, obtain that exact record, and build the rest of the file around it. A strong employer letter cannot substitute for a missing licence, and a licence cannot substitute for duties that fall outside the profession.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Read the entry's qualification column literally
- Make the employer letter describe therapy, not administration
- Assemble translations and confirmations before the crossing
Separate the passports in a mixed-status Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier household before choosing a route
Canadian permanent residence and Canadian citizenship open different doors. TN and Canadian visa-free entry belong to citizens; a permanent resident is assessed on the passport they actually hold, and that nationality may qualify for treaty routes of its own or for none. Start a mixed household's review by listing each person's citizenship, then attach the routes that follow from it rather than from the family's shared address.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Record what each passport actually is
- Match each route to the person who qualifies for it
- Keep the Canadian obligations on the same page
What counts as committed when a Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier buyer takes a franchise
A franchise purchase produces a stack of payments with different characters: an initial fee, a lease deposit, build-out costs, inventory, working capital and ongoing royalties. Only money irrevocably committed to the enterprise and at risk counts toward the E-2 investment, and substantiality is judged against the total cost of establishing this business. Sort each payment before the consular file is drafted, and let the franchisor's own disclosure document supply the cost baseline.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Sort the payments by what they buy
- Use the disclosure document as the cost baseline
- Check that a franchise still lets the investor direct
Sequencing premises, hires and the extension for a Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier builder's U.S. office
A new-office L-1A petition is approved for one year and must be supported at the outset by secured premises and a plan showing the operation will support a managerial role within that year. The extension is judged on what actually happened. The practical work is sequencing: which lease, which hire and which contract must exist before filing, and which must exist before the first anniversary.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Decide what premises evidence you can honestly show
- Write the one-year plan as a staffing sequence
- Collect extension evidence from the first month
Two siblings own the Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier dealership 50/50: L-1 or E-2 for the one who moves?
Equal ownership between two people affects both routes differently. For L-1, the question is whether the Québec dealership and a U.S. entity are related through the same owners in the same proportions. For E-2, the question is whether the sibling who moves can be shown to develop and direct the U.S. business through ownership or operational control. Neither route is answered by the fact that the family owns everything; each is answered by a specific document.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Test the L-1 relationship on proportions
- Test E-2 on who controls the U.S. enterprise
- Choose on what the family wants in five years
A Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier engineer's TN, a teacher spouse and a son who turns 21 next year
The principal's TN is one person's status, and it fixes the household's frame: TD dependants who may study but not work, and children who leave the frame at 21. A spouse with a profession of their own may have a separate route; a child near 21 needs a plan that starts before the birthday. Work each person's line before booking anything for the family.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Give the spouse a route of their own if work matters
- Plan the son's twenty-first birthday as a legal event
- Keep two countries' obligations in one plan
A Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier HVAC contractor's exit: investment at risk or gift to the U.S. government
Selling a contracting business creates one pool of money and two very different proposals for it. EB-5 places capital at risk in an enterprise that must create ten jobs and returns it only if the project succeeds; the Gold Card framework, per the official page, requires a nonrefundable processing fee and a gift to the U.S. government that is never returned. The family should ask what each dollar does, who else must be paid for, and what remains to live on afterwards.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Ask what the money does in each route
- Count the family under each set of terms
- Keep enough to live on and enough for the exit