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WEST LINCOLN · L-1A FIELD GUIDE

What should explain a function shared across departments?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

Identify the function, the applicant’s authority and the people or arrangements carrying out operational tasks. Use genuine organizational evidence.

Make responsibility traceable

A broad list of departments does not explain which decisions belong to the applicant.

Employment records for successors, revised job descriptions, an organizational chart showing reporting lines before and after, handover notes, and correspondence in which others now make the operational calls. A strong chart answers three questions at a glance: who the transferee will supervise, whether those people are supervisory or professional employees, and who performs the day-to-day operational work if the transferee is not doing it. The share registers, acquisition agreement and formation documents should therefore be paired with evidence describing the actual foreign and proposed U.S. duties, decision authority, staffing and delegation. The personnel bundle proves one continuous qualifying year abroad and describes the American role's authority through an organizational chart with named positions rather than empty boxes.