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Should contract review be included in the L-1B quote?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

Where the agreement supplies essential assignment evidence, yes. The preparation scope should include comparing contractual terms with actual duties and supervision, not simply attaching the document to a standard petition.

Separate review from commercial negotiations

Immigration review may identify factual or eligibility issues requiring business clarification; it does not mean a revised clause alone fixes actual client control. Budget professional work, government charges, applicable supplements, optional premium processing and family applications separately. The contract’s revenue value is not an L-1B fee and does not determine whether the knowledge standard is met.

Ask whether contract review sits inside the quoted scope, because it frequently supplies the essential assignment evidence and is frequently assumed to be someone else work. The review should compare the contractual terms with the actual duties and supervision rather than attach the agreement to a standard petition. Understand also what it can and cannot achieve, since immigration review may identify a factual or eligibility problem requiring business clarification, and a revised clause does not by itself change who actually controls the work.

Budget the professional work, government charges, applicable supplements, optional premium processing and family applications separately. The revenue value of the contract is not a fee and settles nothing about the knowledge standard.