Employment-Based Immigration: first Preference EB-1

You might be qualified for an employment-based, first-preference visa if you are an alien of extraordinary capability, are an exceptional professor or scientist, or job are a particular international executive or supervisor. Each occupational classification has particular requirements that must be satisfied:

Your petitioning company should be a U.S. company and intend to utilize you in a supervisory or executive capability. The petitioner must have been doing service in the U.S. for a minimum of 1 year, as a legal entity with a qualifying relationship to the entity that employed you abroad in a managerial or executive capacity.

No labor accreditation is required.

* Criteria for job Demonstrating Extraordinary Ability

In order to demonstrate you have sustained nationwide or international recognition and that your achievements have been acknowledged in your field of knowledge, you must either consist of evidence of a one-time achievement (major internationally-recognized award) or 3 of the 10 listed criteria listed below (or equivalent evidence if any of the requirements do not easily apply):

– Evidence of invoice of lesser nationally or internationally recognized rewards or awards for excellence

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

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

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

– Evidence of your original scientific, scholarly, creative, athletic, or business-related contributions of major significance to the field

– Evidence of your authorship of academic short articles in professional or significant trade publications or other major media

– Evidence that your work has been shown at creative exhibits or showcases

– Evidence of your efficiency of a leading or crucial role in distinguished companies

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

– Evidence of your business successes in the performing arts

To find out more on Extraordinary Ability, read our policy in Volume 6, job 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 demonstrate you are an impressive teacher or researcher, you must consist of evidence of 2 of the 6 noted criteria below (or similar proof if any of the requirements do not readily apply):

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

– Evidence of membership in associations that need their members to show impressive accomplishment

– Evidence of released product in professional publications written by others about the alien’s work in the academic field

– Evidence of participation, either on a panel or individually, as a judge of the work of others in the exact same or allied scholastic field

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

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

To learn more on Outstanding Professors and Researchers, read our policy in Volume 6, Part F, Chapter 3, of the USCIS Policy Manual.

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

Application Process

Ability: job You may get yourself by filing a Kind I-140, Petition for Alien Worker.

Outstanding Professors and Researchers: Your U.S. employer must submit a Kind I-140, Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application procedure, your company needs to have the ability to show a continuing capability to pay the used wage as of the priority date. Your company may utilize a yearly report, federal tax return, or audited monetary declaration to show a continuing ability to pay your wage.

Multinational Manager or job Executive: Your U.S. employer should submit USCIS Form I-140, Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application process, your employer needs to have the ability to demonstrate a continuing ability to pay the provided wage since the priority date. Your employer might utilize an annual report, federal tax return, or audited monetary declaration to show a continuing ability to pay your wage.