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 capability, are an impressive professor or scientist, or are a certain international executive or supervisor. Each occupational category has particular requirements that need to be fulfilled:

Your petitioning company should be a U.S. company and mean to utilize you in a managerial or executive capacity. The petitioner needs to have been doing service 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 managerial or executive capacity.

No labor certification is required.

* Criteria for Demonstrating Extraordinary Ability

In order to show you have actually sustained nationwide or worldwide honor which your achievements have actually been recognized in your field of proficiency, you must either include proof of a one-time accomplishment (significant internationally-recognized award) or 3 of the 10 listed requirements listed below (or similar evidence if any of the requirements do not easily apply):

– Evidence of invoice of lower nationally or internationally acknowledged prizes 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 major trade publications or 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 clinical, academic, creative, athletic, or business-related contributions of major significance to the field

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

– Evidence that your work has been shown at creative exhibits or displays

– Evidence of your efficiency of a leading or crucial 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 carrying out arts

To find out more on Extraordinary Ability, employment read our policy in Volume 6, Part F, 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 impressive teacher or scientist, employment you must consist of proof of 2 of the 6 noted requirements listed below (or similar evidence if any of the requirements do not easily apply):

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

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

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

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

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

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

For additional information on Outstanding Professors and Researchers, read our policy in Volume 6, employment Part F, Chapter 3, of the USCIS Policy Manual.

To find out 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 make an application for yourself by filing a Type I-140, Petition for employment 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 procedure, your employer should have the ability to show a continuing ability to pay the offered wage since the top priority date. Your company may utilize a yearly report, federal earnings tax return, employment or audited monetary statement to demonstrate a continuing capability to pay your wage.

Multinational Manager or Executive: employment Your U.S. company must submit USCIS Form I-140, Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application procedure, your employer should be able to demonstrate a continuing capability to pay the provided wage as of the top priority date. Your employer may use an annual report, federal tax return, or audited financial statement to show a continuing ability to pay your wage.