Construction L-1A petitions need to distinguish clearly between a beneficiary who manages project managers and business strategy (executive/managerial) and one who personally supervises job sites day-to-day (operational) — the latter, however skilled, does not meet the L-1A standard on its own.
Executive Oversight Above the Job Site
The plan should describe the beneficiary's role in terms of setting company strategy, managing the project pipeline and client relationships, and overseeing project managers who handle site-level execution — with actual day-to-day site supervision handled by those project managers, not the beneficiary personally.
Staffing Plan Showing the Management Layer
A credible plan shows project managers, estimators, and safety/compliance staff reporting to the beneficiary, who in turn oversees company-wide operations and business development — this layered structure is the core evidence of genuine executive scope.
Qualifying Relationship Tied to Project Types
Establish how the US construction entity's project types and scale connect to the foreign parent's established construction business — the same building types, similar project scale, or a natural extension of existing expertise strengthens the business rationale.
Month 12 Checkpoint
By the extension filing, project managers should be in place handling site-level execution, with the beneficiary demonstrably operating at the executive level — business development, client relationships, and company strategy — rather than personally running job sites.
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