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LORRAINE · L-1A FIELD GUIDE

What documents make a broad role more concrete?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

Use actual responsibilities, decision records and evidence of operational support. Explain how the documents relate to the function claimed.

Replace ambiguity with facts

Define terms such as strategy or coordination through the real work and authority involved. Do not simply replace them with stronger management language. Preserve the tasks personally performed by the applicant.

Preserve the historical entity names and dates, and gather the documents explaining each corporate change. Payroll registers, records of employment, tax slips and the employment contract, read together as a continuous series. Build a dated record set: foreign payroll and employment evidence, corporate ownership documents, role descriptions, and evidence for the proposed U.S. assignment. An unsigned retrospective chart should not be presented as a contemporaneous decision, and a title retained during leave does not alone establish work actually performed. Share registers, financial statements and payroll records establish these facts better than an organisation chart drawn for the filing. If the U.S. operation is new, add sufficient premises, evidence of financial ability to remunerate the beneficiary and commence doing business, and credible first-year staffing or operational plans showing that the office will support the managerial or executive role within one year.