Employment-Based Immigration: first Preference EB-1

You might be qualified for an employment-based, first-preference visa if you are an alien of remarkable ability, are an outstanding teacher or scientist, or are a particular multinational executive or supervisor. Each occupational category has specific requirements that need to be met:

Your petitioning employer must be a U.S. employer and mean to use you in a managerial or executive capability. The petitioner should have been doing business in the U.S. for a minimum of 1 year, as a legal entity with a certifying relationship to the entity that utilized you abroad in a managerial or executive capability.

No labor accreditation is needed.

* Criteria for Demonstrating Extraordinary Ability

In order to show you have actually sustained nationwide or international acclaim and that your accomplishments have actually been recognized in your field of competence, you need to 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 criteria do not readily apply):

– Evidence of invoice of lower nationally or globally recognized rewards or awards for quality

– Evidence of your subscription in associations in the field which require outstanding achievement of their members

– Evidence of released material about you in professional or significant 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 initial scientific, academic, creative, athletic, or business-related contributions of major significance to the field

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

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

– Evidence of your efficiency of a or vital role in prominent organizations

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

– Evidence of your business successes in the carrying out arts

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

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

In order to show you are an exceptional teacher or scientist, you should include proof of 2 of the 6 listed requirements below (or referall.us equivalent evidence if any of the criteria do not readily use):

– Evidence of receipt of significant prizes or awards for impressive achievement

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

– Evidence of released product in expert publications composed by others about the alien’s work 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 scholastic field

– Evidence of original scientific or academic research study contributions in the field

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

For additional information on Outstanding Professors and 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 may look for yourself by submitting a Form I-140, Petition for Alien Worker.

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

Multinational Manager or Executive: Your U.S. employer need to file USCIS Form I-140, Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application procedure, your employer should be able to show a continuing capability to pay the used wage as of the concern date. Your company might use an annual report, federal tax return, or audited monetary declaration to demonstrate a continuing capability to pay your wage.