Employment-Based Immigration: first Preference EB-1

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

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

No labor certification is required.

* Criteria for Demonstrating Extraordinary Ability

In order to demonstrate you have sustained national or international praise and that your accomplishments have actually been recognized in your field of knowledge, you must either include evidence of a one-time accomplishment (significant internationally-recognized award) or 3 of the 10 noted requirements listed below (or equivalent evidence if any of the requirements do not easily apply):

– Evidence of receipt of lesser nationally or worldwide recognized rewards or awards for excellence

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

– Evidence of published product about you in expert or major trade publications or job 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 initial scientific, academic, creative, athletic, or business-related contributions of major significance to the field

– Evidence of your authorship of scholarly posts in professional or significant trade or other significant media

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

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

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

– Evidence of your commercial successes in the carrying out arts

To learn more on Extraordinary Ability, read our policy in Volume 6, Part F, job Chapter 2, of the USCIS Policy Manual.

** Examples of Documentary Evidence That an Individual is an Outstanding Professor or Researcher

In order to show you are an exceptional professor or researcher, you must include evidence of 2 of the 6 listed requirements below (or equivalent evidence if any of the criteria do not easily apply):

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

– Evidence of subscription in associations that require their members to demonstrate impressive achievement

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

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

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

– Evidence of authorship of academic books or job posts (in scholarly journals with worldwide flow) in the field

For additional information 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 might make an application for yourself by filing a Kind I-140, job Petition for Alien Worker.

Outstanding Professors and Researchers: Your U.S. company must file a Form I-140, Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application process, your company needs to have the ability to show a continuing ability to pay the used wage as of the concern date. Your employer might use an annual report, federal earnings tax return, or audited monetary declaration to demonstrate a continuing ability to pay your wage.

Multinational Manager or Executive: Your U.S. company need to file USCIS Form I-140, Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application process, your company should be able to show a continuing capability to pay the provided wage since the top priority date. Your company might utilize an annual report, federal income tax return, or audited financial statement to show a continuing ability to pay your wage.