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CHARLEMAGNE · L-1B FIELD GUIDE

What if automation changes the duties before the transfer?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

Provide the revised duties and actual knowledge requirements for assessment. Do not rely on a description of tasks the applicant will no longer perform.

Keep the proposed role current

Identify which decisions remain with the applicant, which work changes and whether new learning is only planned. Have the effect on the immigration matter assessed before beginning work under an outdated description.

Provide the full chronology, including changes of entity and work location. Identify what changed and what relevant organizational knowledge remains in use. Review whether the proposed duties still rely on the knowledge described in the filing, especially if the revised process is materially different. Before moving the course, map who will assign daily tasks, supervise performance, evaluate results, and control the employee at the customer site. Update training dates, revision records, planned US tasks, and the trainer. The prudent sequence is to confirm the grower's continuous year abroad and the affiliate's active status, gather the technical exhibits while the current season's reports are fresh, file with premium processing, and hold the travel and housing arrangements until the approval notice arrives. The continuous year abroad, the qualifying relationship and the documented knowledge either exist before filing or they do not.