The company must prepare evidence of the proposed operation as well as the person and relationship. Review premises, staffing and financial capacity before treating a launch date as an immigration outcome.
Preserve the first-year evidence from the start
Confirm the approval and status dates from the actual documents. Keep the submitted plan and record changes in staffing, duties and operations as they occur. At extension, the developed operation matters. A later forecast does not replace evidence of what happened, and a business deadline does not extend an authorized stay.
For someone initially admitted in specialized-knowledge capacity, the regulation requires at least six months in the managerial or executive position to qualify for the seven-year total, and approval of the change in an amended, new or extended petition when it occurs. The qualifying parent-subsidiary relationship must exist when the petition is filed, the twelve months of qualifying employment abroad must be complete, and the evidence must show that the U.S. role will be primarily executive rather than operational. The three-year window shifts with the filing date, the requested period sits inside a maximum the category itself sets, and the project the transfer serves has phase dates the employer controls.