Neither conclusion follows from the certificate alone. Assess the actual organizational knowledge and proposed work under the legal standard.
Explain the experience the certificate does not describe
The person may have relevant company experience beyond the course. Do not assume all knowledge must be secret or that passing an exam establishes every specialized-knowledge condition.
Beyond the usual requirements — the qualifying corporate relationship, the qualifying employment period abroad, and special knowledge — offsite placement raises restrictions concerning who supervises the employee and whether the placement is essentially labour for hire. Reconstruct when the employee acquired and applied the company-specific knowledge, using assignments, training, product versions, problem records, and supervisor accounts rather than the date printed on a new title. The definition covers special knowledge concerning the organization’s products and services, its research or equipment, its techniques and management, or other interests together with their application in international markets; alternatively, it covers an advanced level of knowledge of organizational processes and procedures. L-1B requires one continuous year of qualifying employment abroad with a related entity within the preceding three years, specialized knowledge of the organisation’s product, service, research, equipment, techniques or management, and a U.S. position that uses it.