No. Compensation can provide context but does not decide the actual duties. A high salary cannot replace evidence of authority and operating support.
Use the budget to explain real resources
Identify genuine staffing and responsibilities separately from government and professional preparation costs. The role should not be classified by its expense alone.
Ask the professional preparing the case, in writing, what the quoted scope covers and what it excludes: whether it includes reviewing the restructuring documents, corresponding with corporate counsel about the qualifying relationship, or responding to a request for evidence. Ask counsel to quote the eligibility assessment, petition preparation, premium processing if wanted, the extension petition in year one, and any response to a request for evidence as separate items, because a new-office case is more likely than an established-office case to draw questions. An initial new-office petition does not require the U.S. entity to operate yet, but it needs secured physical premises and, for L-1A, evidence addressing the investment size and the foreign entity’s financial ability to support the proposed operation.