First obtain a grounded assessment of the actual role. Preparing competing narratives without resolving contradictory duties can add expense without producing a clearer case. Each requested classification needs its own factual support.
Scope the classification review
Ask for an initial analysis of duties, foreign employment and available evidence, then a filing estimate for the supported route. Distinguish professional comparison work from government fees, applicable supplements, optional premium processing and dependent costs. The less expensive narrative is not necessarily the right one, and paying for additional forms does not create eligibility.
Establish the facts before buying two narratives. Preparing competing cases without resolving contradictory duties multiplies cost while leaving the underlying question unanswered, and the resulting files can undermine each other. Ask for an initial analysis of duties, foreign employment and available evidence, then a filing estimate for whichever route the evidence supports.
Distinguish that professional analysis from government fees, applicable supplements, optional premium processing and dependent costs. The cheaper narrative is not necessarily the correct one, and paying for additional forms creates no eligibility. Where the evidence genuinely could support either route, ask what would have to be true for each and verify which is.
Ask for the analysis to state which route it rules out and on what basis.