Employment-Based Immigration: first Preference EB-1

You may be eligible for employment an employment-based, first-preference visa if you are an alien of extraordinary capability, are an impressive teacher or scientist, or are a specific international executive or manager. Each occupational classification has particular requirements that must be met:

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

No labor certification is needed.

* Criteria for Demonstrating Extraordinary Ability

In order to show you have sustained national or international acclaim which your achievements have actually been acknowledged in your field of knowledge, you must either include proof of a one-time accomplishment (significant internationally-recognized award) or 3 of the 10 listed criteria listed below (or comparable evidence if any of the requirements do not readily use):

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

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

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

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

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

– Evidence of your efficiency of a leading or crucial role in prominent organizations

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

– Evidence of your business successes in the performing arts

For more information on 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 Impressive Professor or Researcher

In order to show you are an impressive teacher or scientist, you must include proof of 2 of the 6 listed requirements below (or similar proof if any of the requirements do not easily use):

– Evidence of receipt of major employment rewards or awards for exceptional achievement

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

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

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

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

– Evidence of authorship of scholarly books or posts (in scholarly journals with worldwide 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, employment Part F, Chapter 4, of the USCIS Policy Manual.

Application Process

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

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

Multinational Manager or Executive: Your U.S. employer need to submit USCIS Form I-140, Petition for employment Alien Worker. As part of the application process, your employer needs to be able to show a continuing ability to pay the offered wage as of the concern date. Your company might utilize a yearly report, employment federal earnings tax return, or audited monetary declaration to show a continuing capability to pay your wage.