Employment-Based Immigration: very First Preference EB-1

You may be qualified for an employment-based, first-preference visa if you are an alien of extraordinary ability, are an or researcher, or job are a specific multinational executive or supervisor. Each occupational classification has particular requirements that need to be fulfilled:

Your petitioning employer needs to be a U.S. employer and mean to utilize you in a supervisory or executive capacity. The petitioner must have been doing company in the U.S. for at least 1 year, as a legal entity with a certifying relationship to the entity that employed you abroad in a managerial or executive capacity.

No labor certification is required.

* Criteria for Demonstrating Extraordinary Ability

In order to show you have actually sustained nationwide or global recognition which your accomplishments have actually been acknowledged in your field of proficiency, you must either consist of evidence of a one-time accomplishment (major internationally-recognized award) or 3 of the 10 listed criteria below (or comparable proof if any of the criteria do not readily use):

– 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 published material about you in expert or significant trade publications or other significant media

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

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

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

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

– Evidence of your efficiency of a leading or vital role in prominent companies

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

– Evidence of your commercial successes in the carrying out arts

For more details 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 demonstrate you are an impressive professor or scientist, you must include evidence of 2 of the 6 noted criteria below (or similar proof if any of the criteria do not easily use):

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

– Evidence of membership in associations that require their members to demonstrate outstanding accomplishment

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

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

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

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

For additional information on Outstanding Professors and Researchers, read our policy in Volume 6, job 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 should submit a Form I-140, Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application procedure, your company needs to be able to demonstrate a continuing capability to pay the used wage since the priority date. Your company might use a yearly report, federal tax return, or audited financial statement to demonstrate a continuing ability to pay your wage.

Multinational Manager or job Executive: job Your U.S. company need to submit USCIS Form I-140, Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application procedure, job your company must be able to show a continuing capability to pay the used wage since the concern date. Your company might use a yearly report, federal income tax return, or audited monetary statement to demonstrate a continuing ability to pay your wage.