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A Bois-des-Filion applicant may be highly paid or sought after by competitors. For L-1B, identify the actual special or advanced knowledge relevant to the proposed U.S. work. Salary, retention incentives or hiring demand may provide context, but none replaces evidence of knowledge, qualifying employment and the company relationship. A first review should identify the particular organizational knowledge, the records showing how it was acquired, and the work that will use it after transfer. Hypothetical example: a technician from a commercial coffee-roasting equipment maker knows an internal fault-diagnosis method but is offered a U.S. role largely spent on routine repairs. The decision is whether the proposed assignment actually uses the claimed specialized knowledge. L-1 requires one continuous qualifying year of employment abroad during the preceding three years; L-1B stay is generally limited by a five-year maximum. Before selecting a filing date, compare the specialized tasks described for the transfer with current project and supervision records. That sequence reveals whether the assignment needs a different design or whether the evidence simply needs clearer, dated confirmation.