Bring a passport confirming citizenship, the job offer with a detailed duty description, transcripts and licences, a resume covering relevant experience, and any existing U.S. immigration history. These let the reviewer compare facts against requirements immediately instead of requesting them piecemeal.
Build one packet, not a scattered set of emails
Assemble the offer letter, education records, licence numbers, and citizenship documents into a single package before the meeting. Note anything still pending, such as a licence renewal or a translated transcript, so it can be tracked rather than lost in follow-up messages. This does not commit anyone to filing; it simply lets the first conversation identify real gaps rather than guessing at what might be missing.
Two additions repay the effort. First, include the state licensing position for any regulated profession, because a profession-specific qualification forms part of the classification itself rather than a separate employment formality. Second, where a degree was earned outside Canada, Mexico or the United States, an equivalency evaluation is generally expected, and ordering one costs weeks that are easier to absorb now than later.
Hypothetical example: a dietitian arrives with a degree parchment, transcripts, an offer letter naming the profession, and a note that the licensing board has not yet confirmed whether supervised practice hours completed abroad will transfer. That single unresolved line becomes the first item on the follow-up list.