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PELHAM · L-1A FIELD GUIDE

Can an expensive management assessment replace operating evidence?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

No. A report may explain information but does not create the actual duties, resources or qualifying employment.

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Separate professional charges from genuine business resources. Do not treat spending on presentation as proof of the underlying role.

The Form I-129 filing fee, the fraud-prevention fee, any asylum program fee applicable to the employer’s size, and optional premium processing, all at the amounts on the USCIS fee schedule, plus the cost of preparing the corporate and employment evidence. 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. Where an employer wants a figure before committing, give two: the published charges checked on the day, and an estimate of the internal hours, with the note that a second round after a request for evidence costs roughly what the first assembly cost.