L-1 Site Visit (Employee)
Learn how employees can prepare for a site visit, what officers may focus on, and how better preparation can reduce confusion, nervousness, and inconsistent answers.
Employee Guide to Site Visit Readiness
Understand how an administrative site visit may be used to verify your employment and the information contained in the approved L-1 petition.
✓ Review your qualifying foreign employment and your current U.S. assignment
✓ Understand whether the petition classifies you as an executive, manager, or specialized-knowledge employee
✓ Know your employer’s process for verifying the officer and contacting responsible personnel
Know the position described in your petition.
You should be able to explain what you did abroad, what you do in the United States, and how your actual responsibilities relate to the approved L-1 classification.
The goal is not to memorize model answers. It is to understand the facts well enough to explain them clearly in your own words.
Practice Common Site Visit Questions for Employees
Practice questions an officer may ask about the related companies, your foreign employment, your U.S. responsibilities, and the organization’s operations.
✓ Explain how the foreign and U.S. organizations are related
✓ Describe your actual duties, authority, reporting structure, or specialized knowledge
✓ Prepare for questions about staffing, work location, compensation, travel, and employment changes
Describe responsibilities rather than relying on titles.
Specific examples of your actual work are more useful than repeating broad terms such as manager, executive, or specialized knowledge.
Use the question bank to organize truthful responses. Over-rehearsed answers can sound less natural when an officer changes the wording.
Site Visit Readiness Checklist
Review your immigration, employment, and organizational information so you can respond accurately if an officer contacts you.
✓ Confirm your foreign and U.S. employment dates, positions, duties, and work locations
✓ Review your approval notice, status records, employer information, and recent payroll documents
✓ Know your supervisor, reporting structure, direct reports, and responsible company contacts
Identify material changes before a visit occurs.
Changes involving your duties, authority, staffing, worksite, employer, or corporate structure should be reviewed with the company and qualified counsel when appropriate.
A checklist cannot decide the case, but it can prevent missing documents, uncertain dates, and logistical mistakes from weakening preparation.
Site Visit & Workplace Readiness FAQ for Employees
Find answers to common questions about employee interviews, officer identification, workplace access, document requests, counsel involvement, and changes after petition approval.
✓ Understand what an administrative site visit may seek to verify
✓ Learn how to answer accurately without speaking outside your personal knowledge
✓ Review when changed employment or organizational circumstances may require legal guidance
You do not need to speak for the entire organization.
Explain the facts within your responsibilities, avoid guessing about corporate matters, and identify the appropriate company representative when necessary.
Common questions have common answers. Resolving them early leaves more attention for the parts of your case that actually need thought.
Reading prepares you for the questions. Practice prepares you for the moment.
Free preparation builds understanding. A live simulation tests whether that understanding holds up when the questions start moving.
Free preparation helps you
- ✓ Understand the purpose of the interview
- ✓Recognize likely areas of questioning
- ✓Organize facts, documents, and logistics
- ✓ Identify issues that deserve more attention
The simulation helps you
- ✓Respond aloud to a realistic AI officer
- ✓Handle dynamic follow-up questions
- ✓Notice unclear or inconsistent explanations
- ✓Review a personalized assessment report
Practice the L-1 Site Visit (Employee) before the real appointment.
Step into a realistic, spoken interview designed around the
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