Verify that it accurately represents the relevant organization and period.
Review substance as well as readability
A clear chart can still be outdated or incorrect. Confirm actual facts and permission before treating the document as support for the proposed work.
If the superintendent period is doubtful or the U.S. trips have eaten into the year, the money is better spent on a careful review of duty statements and org charts, or simply on waiting until the year is complete. Use a single calendar for corporate closing events, the foreign employment period, filing, travel, and the proposed US leadership start. Where the American plant is already operating, the initial period is longer and the pressure is different, but the ceiling still applies. For a new office, a revised client plan does not extend the initial one-year approval automatically; subsequent review must use the actual business history. L-1A generally calls for twelve continuous foreign months in the relevant three-year period and permits no more than seven years in the category.