Signing ownership documents does not itself authorize the applicant’s U.S. work.
Assess the full proposal first
Review the qualifying relationship, employment history and role through the appropriate process. A corporate closing date does not guarantee an immigration outcome.
Record petition validity and the actual admission or change/extension-of-status documents as applicable; an approval notice without a granted change or extension of status does not itself establish admission or work status. The three-year window shifts with the filing date, the requested period sits inside a maximum the category itself sets, and the project the transfer serves has phase dates the employer controls. Someone counts twelve months from a start date, books the transfer for the day after, and the review then finds an unpaid leave in the middle that the calendar never saw. Review the assignment description at every point where the underlying facts move, whether a change of role, a change in the foreign entity's operations or a change in ownership, and update it before any further filing relies on it.