Employment-Based Immigration: first Preference EB-1

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

Your petitioning company should be a U.S. employer and employment mean to employ you in a managerial or executive capability. 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 or executive capacity.

No labor accreditation is required.

* Criteria for Demonstrating Extraordinary Ability

In order to demonstrate you have actually sustained national or worldwide acclaim and that your achievements have actually been acknowledged in your field of competence, you must either include proof of a one-time achievement (significant internationally-recognized award) or 3 of the 10 noted criteria listed below (or comparable evidence if any of the requirements do not readily apply):

– Evidence of invoice of lesser nationally or internationally acknowledged rewards or awards for excellence

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

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

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

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

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

– Evidence that your work has been shown at artistic exhibitions or showcases

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

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

– Evidence of your commercial successes in the performing 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 a Person is an Impressive Professor employment or Researcher

In order to show you are an outstanding teacher or employment scientist, you should include proof of 2 of the 6 noted requirements listed below (or equivalent proof if any of the criteria do not readily use):

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

– Evidence of membership in associations that need their members to show impressive achievement

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

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

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

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

For more info 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, 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. company need to file a Type I-140, Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application process, your employer should be able to demonstrate a continuing ability to pay the offered wage as of the concern date. Your company might use a yearly report, federal earnings tax return, or audited financial declaration to show a continuing capability to pay your wage.

Multinational Manager or Executive: Your U.S. company must file USCIS Form I-140, Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application procedure, your employer needs to have the ability to show a continuing capability to pay the provided wage as of the top priority date. Your employer might use an annual report, federal income tax return, or audited monetary statement to show a continuing ability to pay your wage.