Employment-Based Immigration: first Preference EB-1

You might be eligible for an employment-based, first-preference visa if you are an alien of amazing ability, are an exceptional professor or scientist, or are a certain international executive or manager. Each occupational category has specific requirements that should be met:

Your petitioning employer must be a U.S. company and mean to employ you in a managerial or executive capability. The petitioner must 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 supervisory or executive capability.

No labor employment certification is required.

* Criteria for Demonstrating Extraordinary Ability

In order to show you have sustained nationwide or international acclaim and that your accomplishments have actually been recognized in your field of expertise, you should either include evidence of a one-time achievement (major internationally-recognized award) or 3 of the 10 listed requirements listed below (or equivalent evidence if any of the criteria do not easily apply):

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

– Evidence of your membership in associations in the field which demand outstanding achievement of their members

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

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

of your original scientific, academic, artistic, athletic, or employment business-related contributions of significant significance to the field

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

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

– Evidence of your performance of a leading or critical function in recognized companies

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

– Evidence of your industrial 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 Impressive Professor or Researcher

In order to show you are an impressive teacher or researcher, you need to consist of evidence of 2 of the 6 listed criteria listed below (or comparable evidence if any of the requirements do not easily use):

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

– Evidence of membership in associations that need their members to demonstrate exceptional achievement

– Evidence of released material in expert publications written 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 employment allied academic field

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

– Evidence of authorship of academic books or posts (in academic journals with global blood 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 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 obtain yourself by submitting a Form 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 be able to demonstrate a continuing ability to pay the provided wage as of the concern date. Your company may utilize a yearly report, employment federal income tax return, or audited monetary statement to demonstrate a continuing capability to pay your wage.

Multinational Manager or Executive: Your U.S. company must submit USCIS Form I-140, Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application procedure, your employer must have the ability to show a continuing ability to pay the used wage as of the concern date. Your company might utilize a yearly report, federal tax return, or audited financial declaration to show a continuing ability to pay your wage.