Employment-Based Immigration: first Preference EB-1

You might be eligible for an employment-based, first-preference visa if you are an alien of remarkable ability, are an exceptional professor or researcher, or are a certain multinational executive or supervisor. Each occupational category has certain requirements that should be fulfilled:

Your petitioning company should be a U.S. employer and mean to employ you in a supervisory or executive capacity. The petitioner must have been doing organization in the U.S. for at least 1 year, job as a legal entity with a certifying relationship to the entity that employed you abroad in a managerial or executive capacity.

No labor accreditation is required.

* Criteria for Demonstrating Extraordinary Ability

In order to show you have actually sustained nationwide or global recognition and that your accomplishments have been acknowledged in your field of know-how, you should either include proof of a one-time achievement (major internationally-recognized award) or 3 of the 10 listed criteria listed below (or equivalent proof if any of the requirements do not readily use):

– Evidence of invoice of lesser nationally or worldwide acknowledged prizes or awards for quality

– Evidence of your membership in associations in the field which demand outstanding accomplishment of their members

– Evidence of released product about you in expert or significant trade publications or other major media

– Evidence that you have actually been asked to judge the work of others, job either individually or on a panel

– Evidence of your initial scientific, scholarly, artistic, athletic, or business-related contributions of significant significance to the field

– Evidence of your authorship of scholarly articles in expert or major trade publications or other significant media

– Evidence that your work has been shown at artistic exhibits or displays

– Evidence of your efficiency of a leading or critical function in recognized companies

– Evidence that you command a high income or other considerably high compensation in relation to others in the field

– Evidence of your commercial successes in the performing arts

To learn more on Extraordinary Ability, read our policy in Volume 6, Part F, Chapter 2, of the USCIS Policy Manual.

** Examples of Documentary Evidence That an Individual is an Outstanding Professor or Researcher

In order to show you are an outstanding professor or scientist, you should consist of proof of 2 of the 6 noted requirements listed below (or comparable evidence if any of the criteria do not readily apply):

– Evidence of invoice of significant prizes or awards for exceptional achievement

– Evidence of membership in associations that need their members to demonstrate outstanding achievement

– Evidence of released material in expert publications written by others about the alien’s operate in the scholastic field

– Evidence of participation, either on a panel or separately, as a judge of the work of others in the very same or allied academic field

– Evidence of initial scientific or academic research contributions in the field

– Evidence of authorship of scholarly books or short articles (in scholarly journals with international flow) in the field

For additional information on Outstanding Professors and job Researchers, read our policy in Volume 6, Part F, Chapter 3, of the USCIS Policy Manual.

For additional information on Multinational Executives or Managers, read our policy in Volume 6, Part F, Chapter 4, of the USCIS Policy Manual.

Application Process

Extraordinary Ability: You might obtain yourself by submitting a Form I-140, Petition for Alien Worker.

Outstanding Professors and job Researchers: Your U.S. employer must submit a Kind I-140, Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application procedure, your company must be able to demonstrate a continuing ability to pay the provided wage since the top priority date. Your employer may utilize a yearly report, federal earnings tax return, or audited financial statement to demonstrate a continuing ability to pay your wage.

Multinational Manager or Executive: Your U.S. company should file USCIS Form I-140, Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application process, your company must be able to demonstrate a continuing ability to pay the used wage as of the concern date. Your company may utilize a yearly report, federal income tax return, or job audited financial statement to show a to pay your wage.