Preserve the historical entity names and dates as they actually were, and gather documents explaining every reorganization or ownership change. Identify precisely which legal entity employed the applicant during each period.
Make the employment chronology traceable
Link each period of employment to the corresponding corporate documents, and flag any date or ownership gap rather than smoothing it over. Distinguish a simple rebranding from an actual change of legal employer. A reviewer needs to see the contemporaneous record, not a present-day summary written to make the qualifying period appear cleaner than it was.
For a purchase of an existing U.S. dealership that means the signed and closed share or membership purchase agreement, the updated ownership ledger, a chart showing the percentage held by the Canadian parent, and the U.S. entity's state registration and tax identification. The relationship the classification recognises runs through ownership and control, so the useful documents are the ones that show who holds the shares: articles, registers, share certificates, purchase agreements and any trust or shareholder arrangements sitting behind them.