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LINCOLN · L-1B FIELD GUIDE

Can customer urgency remove the placement restrictions?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

No. Assess the actual control, supervision and service arrangement before relying on the proposed work. A delivery deadline does not replace the governing conditions.

Keep facts current

If the customer’s role changes during planning, explain the real arrangement rather than preserving an outdated supervision description.

A change in duties, work location, or employing entity may affect the basis for the case, so the revised facts should be reviewed rather than assuming the original filing already covers them. Whenever the underlying process, product, or assignment changes materially, since the knowledge claim is tied to the specific facts originally documented. Prepare a placement timeline showing remaining L-1B time, assignment dates, client location, petitioner supervision, deliverables, and every change from the approved duties. Confirm the qualifying corporate relationship and the generally required continuous year of full-time employment physically abroad during the relevant preceding three-year period, then reassess duties, location, supervision, and employer control. Order matters: the qualifying parent, branch, subsidiary or affiliate relationship and the year abroad are historical facts fixed before filing, while the assignment description is the piece still being written.