Employment-Based Immigration: first Preference EB-1

You may 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 particular multinational executive or supervisor. Each occupational classification has certain requirements that must be fulfilled:

Your petitioning company should be a U.S. company and intend to employ you in a supervisory or executive capability. The petitioner must have been doing organization 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 supervisory or executive capacity.

No labor referall.us accreditation is required.

* Criteria for Demonstrating Extraordinary Ability

In order to demonstrate you have sustained national or worldwide recognition and that your achievements have actually been acknowledged in your field of expertise, you must either include evidence of a one-time accomplishment (major internationally-recognized award) or 3 of the 10 listed criteria listed below (or equivalent proof if any of the criteria do not easily apply):

– Evidence of receipt of lesser nationally or worldwide recognized prizes or awards for excellence

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

– Evidence of published material about you in professional or major trade publications or other significant media

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

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

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

– Evidence that your work has actually been displayed at creative exhibits or displays

– Evidence of your efficiency of a leading or critical function in distinguished organizations

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

– Evidence of your business successes in the carrying out 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 Exceptional Professor or Researcher

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

– Evidence of receipt of major prizes or awards for outstanding accomplishment

– Evidence of subscription in associations that need their members to demonstrate impressive achievement

– Evidence of released material in professional publications composed by others about the alien’s work in the scholastic 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 original scientific or academic research study contributions in the field

– Evidence of authorship of academic books or posts (in scholarly journals with worldwide circulation) 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.

To find out more 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 Type I-140, Petition for Alien Worker.

Outstanding Professors and Researchers: Your U.S. employer must file a Type I-140, Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application process, your company needs to have the ability to demonstrate a continuing ability to pay the used wage as of the priority date. Your employer might utilize an annual report, federal tax return, or audited monetary declaration to demonstrate a continuing ability to pay your wage.

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