Urgency does not itself authorize employment. Have the actual intended activity, existing status and applicable process reviewed before starting work in the United States.
Coordinate the response with the reviewed immigration basis
Provide the real duties and timing request. Do not assume a short response period or a critical business need creates an exemption from the applicable work requirements.
Consider the actual available procedure and the employee’s permission before scheduling US work. For an existing U.S. office, an L-1B petition may be approved for up to three years initially, with extensions in increments of up to two years to a maximum stay of five years in L-1B. Some process knowledge may remain relevant, while other proposed tasks may disappear. Have the actual employment history and any prospective change assessed individually. Urgency should not lead to starting work before the necessary authorization or promising a fixed approval date. Review what the article would establish alongside the employee’s actual experience and US duties. Premium processing guarantees action within the service window but that action may itself be a request rather than a decision. Do not begin the US assignment merely because a coworker was approved.