A personal or ownership relationship does not expand immigration permission.
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Have material duty or placement changes assessed. The qualifying role and working arrangement, not informal authority, govern the proposal.
A change in duties, client placement, or the employing entity can affect the basis of the proposed case, and the revised facts should be reviewed rather than assuming the original filing or plan automatically covers them. The realistic preparation window covers assembling contemporaneous technical records, confirming the ownership chain between the two organizations, and verifying that the continuous qualifying year is unbroken on the payroll as it actually ran rather than as it is remembered. Confirm the qualifying corporate relationship and one continuous year of eligible foreign employment during the preceding three years, then obtain the required petition approval or status before productive installation begins. L-1B still requires company-specific special or advanced knowledge, one continuous qualifying year of employment abroad within the preceding three years, a qualifying organizational relationship, and ongoing business abroad plus either U.S. business or compliance with the initial new-office requirements.