Canadian payroll records, T4 slips, employment confirmations and an organizational chart from the qualifying year, showing continuous managerial employment with the related company within the three years before filing.
Payroll is the primary evidence; letters are commentary
Hypothetical example: The foreign-year requirement is a matter of fact, and USCIS expects documents that existed before the petition rather than statements written for it. Marcus should assemble T4s for the relevant years, pay statements showing uninterrupted employment, a letter from the Logan Lake company confirming his title, dates and duties, and organizational charts from that period showing his position and reports. If he was ever seconded to a U.S. site, travel records must show that the time was short business visits, since days worked in the United States do not count toward the year. If he took an unpaid leave, the file should explain whether employment continued. The same records support the managerial-capacity element of the foreign role: performance reviews, budget approvals and hiring decisions he signed. Assemble these first, and let the petition letter describe what they show rather than the reverse.
Hypothetical example: A semiconductor-equipment refurbishment firm wants to transfer its Canadian service manager. The evidence team should make a dated foreign-employment timeline before drafting the petition, supported month by month by pay records and organizational charts. Board minutes, budget approvals, and signed performance reviews can then show the level of the former role. A current letter that makes broad claims is weaker when it is not anchored to records created during the qualifying year.