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OSHAWA · L-1B FIELD GUIDE

Can equipment delivery set the employee’s U.S. start date?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

Delivery or installation schedules do not authorise immigration status or U.S. work. Confirm the assignment’s eligibility and the necessary petition, visa and admission or status steps before committing the employee to on-site duties.

Keep the plant schedule current

If commissioning moves, update the assignment review and assess any material changes in scope or location. Preserve evidence of the knowledge already held; expected training on newly delivered equipment cannot simply be described as existing expertise. Plan operational contingencies because neither a production deadline nor optional premium processing guarantees approval or admission by a specific date.

Treat a moved commissioning date as a trigger for review rather than a scheduling inconvenience. When the date shifts, ask whether the scope, the location or the equipment has changed with it, because any of those can alter the assignment the case describes. Update the review and assess material changes before the employee travels.

Preserve evidence of the knowledge already held, since training expected on newly delivered equipment cannot be described as existing expertise however imminent it is. Delivery and installation schedules authorise no status and no work. Plan operational contingencies, because neither a production deadline nor optional premium processing guarantees approval or admission by a particular date.

Record each revised date and what prompted it, so the sequence stays explicable.