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MIRABEL · L-1A FIELD GUIDE

What information should the advance-trip review include?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

Describe actual tasks, location, participants, dates and the relationship to the proposed employment. Avoid a generic agenda that hides work expected during the visit.

Keep the account accurate

Identify what is confirmed and what another party is requesting. Have changed activities assessed rather than merely changing their names. The relevant visitor and L requirements should be reviewed on the actual facts.

Use actual decisions, responsibilities and operating records that explain the applicant’s senior role. With the records that show the exact dates: records of employment, payroll registers and the rehire letter. USCIS decides the qualifying relationship from documents, so the petition should carry the actual share register of each company and, where a family holding company owns both, its register too. Identify technical or routine work still assigned to the applicant and explain its place in the proposed role. Explain the expected period and any actual changes without inventing a permanent promotion. Prepare an organizational record that preserves each worker’s actual employer, location, title, duties, and reporting line. Begin with articles of incorporation, share registers and any acquisition agreement that establish the qualifying relationship. For a new office, include premises and realistic operating resources rather than a bare incorporation record.