Employment-Based Immigration: very 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 professor or researcher, or are a specific multinational executive or manager. Each occupational classification has certain requirements that should be satisfied:

Your petitioning employer needs to be a U.S. company and plan to use you in a managerial or executive capacity. 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 capability.

No labor accreditation is required.

* Criteria for Demonstrating Extraordinary Ability

In order to show you have actually sustained nationwide or worldwide acclaim and employment that your achievements have been recognized in your field of knowledge, you should either consist of proof of a one-time accomplishment (major internationally-recognized award) or 3 of the 10 listed requirements below (or similar evidence if any of the requirements do not readily use):

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

– Evidence of your membership in associations in the field which demand impressive achievement 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 clinical, scholarly, artistic, athletic, or business-related contributions of significant significance to the field

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

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

– Evidence of your efficiency of a leading or important role in distinguished organizations

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

– Evidence of your industrial successes in the performing arts

For employment additional information 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 Exceptional Professor or Researcher

In order to demonstrate you are an impressive teacher or scientist, you need to include proof of 2 of the 6 noted criteria below (or equivalent evidence if any of the criteria do not easily use):

– Evidence of invoice of significant prizes or awards for impressive accomplishment

– Evidence of subscription in associations that require their members to show outstanding accomplishment

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

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

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

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

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

To learn 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 may use for yourself by submitting a Form I-140, for Alien Worker.

Outstanding Professors and Researchers: Your U.S. employer must file a Type I-140, Petition for employment Alien Worker. As part of the application procedure, your employer should have the ability to show a continuing ability to pay the used wage as of the priority date. Your company might utilize a yearly report, federal earnings tax return, employment or employment audited monetary statement to demonstrate 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 process, your employer needs to be able to demonstrate a continuing ability to pay the offered wage since the top priority date. Your employer may utilize an annual report, federal tax return, or audited monetary declaration to show a continuing capability to pay your wage.