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NORTH VANCOUVER (DISTRICT) · L-1B FIELD GUIDE

What has to be settled before the category can be chosen?

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The proposed American duties, the reporting structure, and whether supervisory content stays in the role. Until those are fixed, evidence gathering is speculative. The employment history abroad also needs a chronology check, since the qualifying year sits within a defined preceding period that counsel should review against the actual dates.

Sequence the work, then set dates

Put the duty statement first, the chronology second, and the evidence build third, with a review point after each. Approval of a petition, issuance of a visa where one is needed, admission, and permission to work are distinct events, so a start date should be discussed against the last of them rather than the first. Keep resignation and relocation commitments behind the milestones still open.

Put the duty statement first, the chronology second, and the evidence build third, with a review point after each so work stops if an earlier answer changes. Until the proposed duties, the reporting structure, and the question of whether supervisory content stays in the role are settled, evidence gathering is speculative and frequently wasted. The employment history abroad also needs a chronology check, since the qualifying year sits within a defined preceding period counsel should review against the actual dates.

Approval of a petition, issuance of a visa where one is needed, admission, and permission to work are distinct events, so discuss a start date against the last of them.