No. The individual requirements and applicable process still need to be completed. Review timing on the actual facts and current instructions.
Resolve route questions before commitments
Identify missing evidence and any reason the proposed route may not fit. Do not describe a corporate approval as an individual admission or work authorization. Keep the employer’s start date conditional on the appropriate steps.
The policy is framed around the approval date: the L-1A classification must be approved with at least six months of L-1B time remaining for the seven-year limit to become available. A new US operation doing business for less than a year needs sufficient premises and financial ability to pay the employee and start business, with initial new-office approval limited to one year. Productive work at the vendor's site before approval requires its own authorization, and it also subtracts from the year abroad if that year is not yet complete. Where the American entity is new, the first approval is one year and the extension is judged on what the company can show at the end of it, which shortens the useful runway further. Once filed with premium processing, USCIS acts within its service window; that action may be an approval or a request, and the company should reserve time to answer if one issues.