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ROCKY VIEW COUNTY · L-1B FIELD GUIDE

How should the employer scope an offsite-placement review?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

Clarify the work needed to assess contracts, supervision and knowledge evidence separately from government fees and any optional processing request. Include family steps where relevant.

Resolve facts before narrative drafting

Ask the people managing the assignment to confirm the real arrangement. Identify what records can be shared and how confidential terms will be handled. More drafting cannot cure a placement that does not meet the applicable rules, so the professional scope should include the necessary eligibility assessment.

The petition budget covers government filing charges, read from the current USCIS fee schedule on the day of filing rather than from an older quote, together with certified translations of any foreign-language exhibit and professional fees for preparing and reviewing the package. The practical cost difference in a case like this comes from the extra work of pulling together the company's internal welding procedure specifications, documenting the specialist's specific role in developing them, and writing a narrative that clearly distinguishes company-specific knowledge from industry-wide certification. When the beneficiary will be stationed primarily at an unaffiliated client site, the client must not principally control and supervise the beneficiary, and the placement must relate to a product or service requiring petitioner-specific specialized knowledge rather than labour for hire.