No universal platform purchase establishes specialized knowledge. The relevant issue is the applicant’s actual knowledge and qualifying transfer, not the price of instructional equipment.
Choose evidence before buying presentation tools
A platform can support delivery of a genuine course without proving its instructor meets the legal standard. Assess what records explain the advanced method and the employee’s experience. Separate actual operating purchases from current official fees and optional preparation services, and do not present technology spending as a substitute for foreign employment.
The petition's cost has three parts: government fees from the fee schedule, including the I-129 fee, the fraud prevention and detection fee, any asylum program fee applicable to the petitioner and optional premium processing; professional fees for drafting and reviewing; and evidence costs. The distinctive cost in a manufacturing case is the internal effort of turning a quality system into a petition exhibit: locating protocol revisions, retrieving validation and deviation records, assembling training matrices, and having a senior person write and sign a considered statement.
- USCIS — L classification documentation and evidence
- Department of State — 9 FAM 402.12
- 8 USC 1184 — specialized knowledge definition
- USCIS — employment authorization for certain spouses
- ICE — nonimmigrant classes that may study
- USCIS — fee schedule
- L definitions, foreign employment and new-office evidence
- L1B specialized knowledge and offsite placement statute