Employment-Based Immigration: 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 are a certain multinational executive or manager. Each occupational classification has specific requirements that should be satisfied:

Your petitioning company should be a U.S. employer and mean to utilize you in a managerial or executive capability. 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 supervisory or executive capability.

No labor certification is required.

* Criteria for Demonstrating Extraordinary Ability

In order to demonstrate you have actually sustained national or worldwide honor which your accomplishments have been recognized in your field of knowledge, you must either consist of evidence of a one-time achievement (significant internationally-recognized award) or 3 of the 10 listed criteria below (or equivalent evidence if any of the criteria do not readily apply):

– Evidence of invoice of lesser nationally or globally recognized rewards or awards for excellence

– Evidence of your membership in associations in the field which require impressive accomplishment of their members

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

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

– Evidence of your initial clinical, scholarly, creative, athletic, or business-related contributions of major 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 been shown at creative exhibitions or displays

– Evidence of your efficiency of a leading or important function in distinguished organizations

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

– Evidence of your commercial successes in the performing arts

For additional information on Extraordinary Ability, employment read our policy in Volume 6, Part F, Chapter 2, of the USCIS Policy Manual.

** Examples of Documentary Evidence That a Person is an Outstanding Professor or employment Researcher

In order to show you are an outstanding professor or researcher, you must consist of proof of 2 of the 6 listed requirements below (or similar proof if any of the criteria do not readily apply):

– Evidence of invoice of major rewards or awards for outstanding achievement

– Evidence of membership in associations that need their members to show outstanding accomplishment

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

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

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

– Evidence of authorship of academic books or articles (in scholarly journals with worldwide flow) 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.

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 might look for yourself by submitting a Kind I-140, 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 procedure, employment your employer must have the ability to demonstrate a continuing ability to pay the offered wage as of the priority date. Your employer might utilize a yearly report, employment federal tax return, or audited monetary declaration to demonstrate a continuing capability to pay your wage.

Multinational Manager or Executive: Your U.S. employer should submit USCIS Form I-140, Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application procedure, your company needs to have the ability to demonstrate a continuing ability to pay the used wage since the top priority date. Your employer might utilize an annual report, federal earnings tax return, or audited financial statement to show a continuing capability to pay your wage.