What documents does a Nipissing company need to file an L-1A petition for its operations director?

Corporate documents proving the qualifying relationship, evidence that both entities are doing business, payroll records covering the qualifying year, and a detailed description of the U.S. position with an organizational chart for both companies.

Four bundles, and the chart ties them together

Start with ownership: share registers, articles, and any purchase or management agreements that establish how the U.S. entity relates to the Canadian company. Add trading evidence for both sides — contracts, invoices, bank statements, payroll summaries — because a relationship between two shells satisfies nothing.

Then Ines's own record: T4 slips, records of employment and an employment letter fixing her continuous year with the group inside the three-year window. Finally the position: a letter describing what she will do in the United States in specific terms, with percentages of time by activity if the company can honestly produce them, and organizational charts for both entities showing named people above and below her. Where the U.S.

entity is new, add the lease or premises evidence and a business plan showing how the role will be supported within a year. Documents not in English require certified translations.