Do not assume that it does. Determine whether the second project is within the authorized employment or involves additional or changed employment requiring another step. The contracts, employing entity and actual work matter more than calling both engagements consulting. Assess the applicant’s precise authorization before work begins.
Draw the relationship for each project
Identify the payer, employer, customer and supervisor. Explain which entity owes the applicant compensation and what services are being provided. This helps distinguish a customer assignment from a separate engagement, but the final immigration analysis must apply the rules to those facts.
Start with a role comparison that separates the proposed professional duties from sales, supervision, ownership and general business tasks. The useful output is a short matrix naming the selected profession, the qualifying credential and the record supporting each material duty. Ask for the signed offer and the person who can explain daily work; a generic recruitment description rarely settles the point.
Sequence the citizenship and credential review before travel planning, then test whether the employer structure fits the proposed services. Hypothetical example: A Canadian geologist is asked by a Nevada engineering firm to map groundwater for a mine expansion, but the draft offer also makes her responsible for finding new clients. The geoscience work and degree records may support one analysis, while commission-driven business development may require the parties to clarify or limit the position.
What goes wrong is not the title; it is an unexamined mix of duties that makes the claimed profession difficult to identify. Before relying on the role, obtain a named supervisor's confirmation of the duties, pay arrangement and reporting relationship. That confirmation should match the contractual record.
If it does not, pause and correct the description; a later verbal explanation may appear tailored to the immigration question rather than to the real job.