Assess material changes when they arise under the actual process. For a new-office extension, actual operations and support for the role matter.
Maintain a truthful current record
Do not rely on an obsolete forecast merely because the initial period has not ended.
Confirm whether the foreign employment record contains twelve uninterrupted qualifying months within the relevant lookback window and whether any travel or employment change interrupts the story. A service business establishing an American operation is usually thinking in terms of two or three years, then finds after the second extension that the role has become permanent while the status has not. An approved petition for a Canadian citizen can be presented at the port of entry, and the initial stay is granted for up to three years for an existing office, extendable to the seven-year maximum. Corporate documentation, acquisition closing, premises and petition preparation normally take longer than the adjudication, and a new-office approval lasts one year before an extension is assessed. Add the requirement of one continuous year of qualifying employment with the organisation abroad within the preceding three years, and note that a new-office approval is limited to one year initially, with the extension judged against implementation.