Do not assume an annual review is the decisive document. Identify what current evidence can establish the actual duties and what relevant gaps remain.
Plan around requirements rather than a reporting cycle
Have the proposed role and employment history assessed with available genuine records. A company appraisal date does not set immigration eligibility or authorize a transfer. Any later evidence should accurately describe the period it covers.
New-office petitions are approved for one year and require evidence that physical premises have been secured, so a company cannot file on the promise of a lease. Update the applicant’s actual responsibilities and the evidence of the effective arrangement. The U.S. petitioner and foreign employer must be linked as a parent and subsidiary, a branch, or qualifying affiliates; the foreign organization must conduct active business, and the U.S. petitioner must either do business or meet the initial new-office requirements. The transferee must retain qualifying L-1A duties, and the underlying record must show one continuous foreign year within the pertinent three-year period. If the U.S. entity has been doing business for less than a year, the petition is a new-office case approved for one year only, and the group should plan for an extension petition with evidence of growth before that year ends.