Employment-Based Immigration: very 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 exceptional professor or scientist, or are a particular international executive or manager. Each occupational classification has specific requirements that need to be fulfilled:

Your petitioning employer should be a U.S. company and plan to use you in a supervisory or executive capability. The petitioner must have been doing organization in the U.S. for a minimum of 1 year, employment as a legal entity with a qualifying relationship to the entity that used you abroad in a managerial or executive capacity.

No labor certification is required.

* Criteria for Demonstrating Extraordinary Ability

In order to show you have sustained national or international acclaim which your achievements have actually been recognized in your field of know-how, you should either consist of evidence of a one-time achievement (significant internationally-recognized award) or 3 of the 10 listed requirements listed below (or employment comparable evidence if any of the criteria do not readily use):

– Evidence of invoice of lower 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 released material about you in professional or major employment trade publications or other major media

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

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

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

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

– Evidence of your performance of a leading or important function in prominent companies

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

– Evidence of your industrial successes in the performing arts

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

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

In order to show you are an outstanding professor or researcher, you need to consist of proof of 2 of the 6 listed requirements listed below (or equivalent evidence if any of the requirements do not easily apply):

– Evidence of receipt of significant rewards or awards for

– Evidence of subscription in associations that need their members to demonstrate exceptional accomplishment

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

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

– Evidence of original scientific or scholarly research study contributions in the field

– Evidence of authorship of scholarly books or short articles (in academic journals with international 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.

For more details on Multinational Executives or Managers, read our policy in Volume 6, employment Part F, Chapter 4, of the USCIS Policy Manual.

Application Process

Extraordinary Ability: You might request yourself by filing a Kind I-140, Petition for Alien Worker.

Outstanding Professors and Researchers: Your U.S. company should file a Type I-140, Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application procedure, your employer should have the ability to demonstrate a continuing capability to pay the used wage since the priority date. Your employer might utilize an annual report, federal tax return, or audited monetary statement to show a continuing capability to pay your wage.

Multinational Manager or Executive: Your U.S. company should file USCIS Form I-140, Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application process, your employer should have the ability to show a continuing ability to pay the used wage as of the top priority date. Your employer may utilize an annual report, federal tax return, or audited financial declaration to show a continuing ability to pay your wage.