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That U.S. opportunity is worth a conversation. Explore professional work through the TN pathway.
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Land-based and agricultural work sends a particular kind of question across the border from Ramara. A crop adviser is offered a soil-health post at an American laboratory; a breeding-services company finds itself bought by a group in Wisconsin; a family that has farmed two concessions for decades wants to put the proceeds of a severance into something in Florida. Those enquiries arrive sounding alike and are decided by evidence that has almost nothing in common. The separating facts live in four ordinary places: passports, job descriptions, share registers and bank statements.
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THERE’S MORE THAN ONE WAY FORWARD.THE DREAM IS YOURS.
THE DREAM IS YOURS.
LET’S FIND THE WAY.
A licensed land surveyor, a plant breeder who built a variety pipeline and a maple processor eyeing an American co-packing plant each have a genuine option, and no two of those options are the same. Set the six service pages beside one another and a pattern appears: every category interrogates one part of a working life in detail and disregards the rest. Knowing which part yours turns on converts a vague enquiry into a short list of records to go and find.
YOUR RAMARA STARTING POINTMAKE THE FIRST
MAKE THE FIRST
CONVERSATION COUNT.
Choose what brings you here. Leave with a short list of things to discuss—not another long form to fill out.
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Before an offer letter is countersigned
For a Canadian citizen with a professional offer, the credential and the written description of duties settle nearly everything, and both must be right in advance.
FOR PEOPLE WHO SEE A LITTLE FURTHER.YOU WEREN’T
YOU WEREN’T
MADE TO
THINK SMALL.
Two different clocks run through these pages. TN, L-1 and E-2 are temporary admissions that end, renew or expire, and each carries its own ceiling: TN periods of up to three years, seven years of L-1A, five of L-1B, and E-2 renewals that can continue while the enterprise qualifies but never ripen into residence by themselves. EB-5 and the Gold Card are immigrant routes aimed at a green card, one through conditional residence and a job count, the other through a processing fee and a gift paid to the U.S. government. Choosing the clock narrows the field before a single document is gathered.
Meet the people in your cornerTHE BIG MOVE. BROKEN DOWN.FROM “ONE DAY”
FROM “ONE DAY”
TO YOUR NEXT STEP.
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01
Fix the date the work has to start
Almost every route question changes shape depending on when the activity begins. A spring soil-sampling season, a closing date on a purchase agreement, a subsidiary that must be trading before a petition is filed: each sets a deadline that some categories can meet and others cannot. Write the earliest honest date on paper first, because it eliminates options faster than any legal analysis will.
02
Test the person, then test the job
Categories examine two things separately and refuse if either fails. The person is tested on citizenship, credentials, prior employment abroad or lawful funds. The position or enterprise is tested on what it actually consists of. A fully qualified applicant offered the wrong job fails, and so does a perfect job offered to somebody who cannot meet the personal condition. Run both tests before choosing.
03
Hunt for the single document that could sink it
Refusals rarely turn on the whole file. They turn on one item: a transcript that does not show the subject the profession requires, a lease described as secured that is only a letter of intent, a deposit that appeared in an account with no explanation, a share register showing an ownership split nobody mentioned. Find that item now, while it can still be corrected.
04
Review remotely before anything is signed
The cheapest hour is the one spent before an offer letter is countersigned, a purchase agreement is executed or funds are wired. Bring the deadline, the two test results and the weak document. The output should be a task list with owners: who requests which letter, which corporate step comes first, and whether any household member changes the sequence.
A LITTLE CLARITY GOES A LONG WAY.YOUR FUTURE.
YOUR FUTURE.
NOW BOARDING.
There is no correct order for reading these pages, though there is a useful one. If somebody else will be paying you, begin with TN and the two L-1 editions. If you are the person writing the cheque, begin with E-2 and read EB-5 immediately afterwards. If the household is the complication rather than the job, the family guide will answer more than any service page can. Each page follows one situation through to its end, so the detail changes from page to page even where the federal rule does not.
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YOUR NEXT CHAPTERCANWHERE IT STARTSUSAWHAT COMES NEXT
TRAVELLERA BIG THINKER
PURPOSEMORE POSSIBILITY
FIND YOUR STARTING POINT
THE FIELD GUIDEBIG QUESTIONS.
The complete field guide BIG QUESTIONS.
STRAIGHT ANSWERS.
RAMARA IS HOME. THE WORLD IS OPEN.SUPPORT THAT REACHES YOU.
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A BIGGER HORIZON.
Enquiries from Ramara are handled at a distance by Shneur Herman, Jo Kubti and Alexander Paton. This service has no local premises: no office stands in the township, there is no address to visit and no in-person appointment anywhere in the area. A first conversation is spent separating what is already documented from what is merely assumed. Where a formal filing has to be made, a licensed U.S. immigration attorney takes carriage of it. Everything published here is general information about federal requirements and is not legal advice.
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BEFORE THE BIG MOVELET’S CLEAR
LET’S CLEAR
A FEW THINGS UP.
I hold a Canadian permanent resident card. Does that give me TN access?
No. TN is open to citizens of Canada and Mexico, and a permanent resident card records residence rather than citizenship, so it cannot satisfy that condition no matter how long it has been held. Permanent residents in this position usually look at L-1, where nationality is irrelevant and the corporate relationship does the work, or at an employer petition in another classification. Canadian citizenship, once obtained, changes the answer immediately.
We farm as a partnership rather than a corporation. Does that stop an L-1 transfer?
Not automatically, but it has to be examined. L-1 requires a qualifying relationship of parent, branch, subsidiary or affiliate between the Canadian and U.S. entities, with both actively doing business, and it requires you to have been employed by the qualifying organization abroad for one continuous year within the previous three. A partnership can hold and be held, yet partners who have never been on payroll often cannot evidence employment, which is a separate problem from the structure.
Can the value of our farmland count as the E-2 investment?
Only once it has been converted and irrevocably committed to the U.S. enterprise. E-2 capital must be at risk in that business, so land still sitting in Ontario is an asset rather than an investment. Proceeds of a documented sale, or funds borrowed on security you are personally liable for, can qualify; money borrowed against the assets of the American business itself generally cannot, because the business rather than the investor bears the loss.
Is there anywhere in Ramara we can come in and sit down with somebody?
There is not. No premises are maintained in the township or nearby, and no in-person meeting is offered for this area, so every consultation happens remotely. Shneur Herman, Jo Kubti and Alexander Paton answer enquiries directly, and when a filing has to be prepared a licensed U.S. immigration attorney is engaged to take responsibility for it.
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