Samper Law Insider
Tools and working documents
The working documents behind our Insights: checklists, spreadsheet models, questionnaires, an outline and one tracker. Free with a work email. Everything we publish to read stays open to everyone.
The articles explain. The tools are what you work from.
Insider is where Samper Law keeps the working documents behind its Insights: the checklists, spreadsheet models, questionnaires and outlines a team can put to use, and one tracker of the rules, fees, deadlines and court cases we follow.
Nothing we publish to read is behind registration. Every article, guide, FAQ and hub on this site stays open to everyone. Only the tools are for members, and registration is free.
Each tool is built from articles already on this site, and names those articles and the date they were accurate. General information, not legal advice.
Who it is for
- General Counsel and in-house legal teamsSelf audits, an inspection playbook and one table of what is in force, proposed or blocked.
- HR and global mobility leadersExpiration trackers, a renewal calendar and a travel checklist for sponsored employees.
- CFOs and finance and operations leadersA budget model that turns headcount by visa type into a base case, scenarios and a reserve.
- Founders and investorsA due diligence questionnaire, a source of funds checklist and an E-2 business plan outline.
- Referral partners: CPAs, wealth managers and corporate lawyersThe same tools, to work through with a client before the client needs counsel.
The tools
Each tool has its own page that says what it is, who it helps and which articles it is built from.
- ChecklistExecutive Travel Risk Checklist, 2026/2027What to confirm before an H-1B, L-1 or O-1 employee with an expired visa travels abroad.
- ChecklistPublic Access File Self-Audit ChecklistA file by file review of the H-1B public access file, wages, benching, terminations and worksites.
- Calendar templateEAD Renewal Calendar TemplateA spreadsheet that dates every EAD renewal, now that filing no longer extends the card.
- ChecklistI-9 Substantive Violation Audit ChecklistScore each Form I-9 against the fifteen errors ICE has treated as substantive since March 2026.
- ChecklistI-9 Self Audit ChecklistHow to scope an internal I-9 audit and correct forms the way the agencies' guidance describes.
- PlaybookNotice of Inspection Three Day PlaybookDay by day steps for the three business days after ICE serves an I-9 Notice of Inspection.
- Spreadsheet modelForeign Talent Cost Stack: 2027 Budget ModelA spreadsheet that turns headcount by visa type into a base case, three scenarios and a reserve.
- Spreadsheet templateWork Authorization and Visa Expiration TrackerOne sheet for status, visa stamp and EAD expiration dates, with filing targets and flags.
- QuestionnaireEB-5 Regional Center Due Diligence QuestionnaireThe nine questions to put to a regional center, each broken into what to ask and what to request.
- ChecklistSource of Funds Document ChecklistThe documents to gather for each fund source: salary, business sale, property sale, gift and loan.
- OutlineE-2 Business Plan OutlineA section by section outline for an E-2 plan that reads as a financial document.
- TrackerRegulatory TrackerOne table of the rules, fees, deadlines and court cases our topic pages cover, with status and date.
- Policy templateI-9 Compliance PolicyA company policy for completing, keeping and correcting Form I-9 the same way for every employee.
- Policy templateICE Worksite Visit Response PlanA response plan for the day an ICE or HSI agent arrives at a worksite, from the front desk to production.
- Policy templateRemote Worker Immigration PolicyA policy that puts a review in front of every change in where a sponsored employee works.
- Policy templateTravel Ban and Consular Disruption ProtocolA protocol for approving international travel by sponsored employees, and for when one is delayed abroad.
Register for Insider
One registration opens every tool. Access is free and uses your work email.