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SENNEVILLE · L-1A FIELD GUIDE

What documents distinguish the appointment from employment?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

Use actual appointment records, employment and duty evidence, and the relevant governance documents. Explain the role and dates associated with each.

Avoid treating one record as proof of everything

A resolution may establish an appointment without showing daily work or qualifying employment abroad. Identify what additional evidence is needed. Preserve accurate distinctions rather than using the same title to describe unrelated activities.

The petition also needs proof of the related organizations and the transferee’s continuous qualifying foreign year within the prior three. A resolution answers only the appointment question, leaving whether the position was actually performed to a separate category of evidence: calendars, correspondence showing direction given to others, expense records tied to business activity and dated work product bearing the applicant's name. Labeling which document answers which question - appointment or daily performance - in a short cover explanation prevents a reviewer from having to guess which record was submitted to prove what. Where the qualifying year occurred abroad, evidence of daily performance from that period carries particular weight, since the same resolution-versus-performance distinction applies to the foreign year as much as to the position in the United States. Two records with the same title on their letterhead can describe entirely different levels of actual involvement, so the underlying content, not the title, should carry the argument. Preserving both categories side by side, rather than substituting one for the other, answers the appointment and performance questions separately, as each requires.