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Hypothetical example: a trucking company operating from the Rural Municipality of Sherwood has spent four years building an in-house route-costing and load-planning process that combines its telematics data with its own driver-pay rules. The specialist who designed and maintains it is being asked to implement the same process at the company's U.S. affiliate for two years. The company believes this is an obvious L-1B because nobody else knows the system. Specialized knowledge is not the same as being the only person who does a job. It must be special knowledge of the company's product, service, research, equipment, techniques or management, or advanced knowledge of its processes and procedures, and it must be distinguishable from the general skill any experienced dispatcher has. This edition explains what to ask the company before the petition is drafted. The useful first decision is whether the company can prove a knowledge gap, rather than merely an employee shortage. Evidence should explain what the affiliate cannot obtain through ordinary hiring or training and why this particular worker fills that gap.