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CHAMBLY · L-1A FIELD GUIDE

How should the employer describe a role with several titles?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

Identify the official and operating titles, explain their use and provide the actual duties. Keep the account consistent with employment and organizational records.

Explain meaning rather than selecting the strongest title

Show what decisions the applicant makes and who performs supporting work. If the titles reflect different periods or responsibilities, distinguish them. Do not merge separate roles into a fictional single position.

An intracompany petition requires a qualifying relationship between the foreign employer and the American entity, as parent, branch, subsidiary or affiliate, evidenced by share registers, purchase agreements and corporate resolutions rather than by an organigram somebody drew. Provide the original context of each record and explain recent travel or changes. Use genuine examples and responsibility records that show what the applicant decides and performs. Gather the records of employment, payroll registers, any layoff and recall letters, and whether benefits continued. A precise, honest account of what the person managed abroad and will manage in the United States, supported by an organizational chart, does more to settle a case than any certificate. Keep hiring records, invoices, leases and financial statements as they are created, so the extension file is assembled from contemporaneous evidence rather than reconstructed memory. A polished organization chart cannot replace dated ownership evidence or payroll records.