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THOROLD · L-1B FIELD GUIDE

Does replacing the customer require reassessing an L-1B assignment?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

Assess the actual new duties and arrangement. A different label alone is not the test, but changed supervision or work may matter materially.

Look beyond the customer name

Explain who gives instructions, evaluates work and receives the relevant product or service.

Begin by identifying the organization-specific subject matter: a protected process, unusual configuration method, manufacturing sequence, implementation technique, research program, or internally developed service model. Begin with the organisation's actual quality system: its documentation hierarchy, the internal specifications that go beyond the standard it is certified against, its supplier controls, and the way it handles deviations. L-1B preparation should identify the actual special or advanced knowledge and proposed duties, while separately examining the legal companies and employment history. Preference explains a commercial choice; the classification asks what the individual knows about the employer's own products, services, application, or advanced procedures, and whether the proposed duties require that knowledge. The practical choice is whether the assignment uses the particular organizational knowledge or instead describes routine production, customer support or skills available in the general labour market.