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THREE RIVERS · L-1B FIELD GUIDE

What if the US team abandons the company-specific workflow?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

Review the actual duties and knowledge now required. Do not retain a claim whose central use no longer matches the assignment.

Update the work description

Identify the replacement process and employee contribution. A software change may matter through its substantive effect, not merely its name.

A change to primarily managerial or executive duties may support an amended or new L-1A petition, which carries a seven-year limit, but the change must be genuine and filed before the new duties begin. A material change in duties, client placement or employer should be reassessed, since it may affect the basis for the original proposal. Because specialized-knowledge cases attract such requests, the company should treat the premium-processing window as a minimum and add time for a possible response. The knowledge record takes longer if the platform's documentation was never written with a petition in mind, so start it immediately. Where the vendor's calendar cannot move, the company can send a different employee who already holds status, or ask the vendor to conduct the test with the electrician joining remotely. Describe both accurately and obtain review of material assignment changes before relying on the original filing account. The common error is changing dates on an old description while deleted launch duties leave a materially different job. Do not use a customer delivery deadline as permission to start an assignment whose immigration basis remains unresolved.