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NIAGARA FALLS · L-1B FIELD GUIDE

Does a short customer visit avoid the L-1B placement analysis?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

Do not assume duration removes the relevant conditions. Describe where the work is principally performed, who controls it and the real arrangement.

Explain the site accurately

Identify the employer and customer roles rather than treating a facility badge as supervision evidence. The actual statutory restrictions need assessment.

The file still needs a qualifying relationship between the entities, the required period of continuous qualifying employment abroad within the relevant preceding period, and special knowledge of the employer's products, services, or advanced processes that the assigned work actually uses. Explain the employee’s knowledge, qualifications and proposed services, and have any additional professional requirement reviewed rather than promising eligibility from a diploma or experience alone. No set training duration qualifies anyone, and completing a programme is not itself the showing; what matters is knowledge of the organisation's own products, services, or advanced processes, evidenced by the facts of work performed. Sequence the knowledge analysis before selecting broad adjectives such as “unique.” A case often falters when the record describes marketable technical competence rather than organizational knowledge.