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 impressive teacher or researcher, or are a certain international executive or manager. Each occupational category has certain requirements that must be satisfied:
Your petitioning company needs to be a U.S. company and plan to utilize you in a supervisory or executive capacity. The petitioner should 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 employed you abroad in a supervisory or executive capability.
No labor accreditation is required.
* Criteria for Demonstrating Extraordinary Ability
In order to demonstrate you have actually sustained national or international acclaim which your accomplishments have been acknowledged in your field of know-how, you should either consist of proof of a one-time accomplishment (major internationally-recognized award) or 3 of the 10 noted criteria listed below (or equivalent proof if any of the requirements do not easily apply):
– Evidence of receipt of lower nationally or globally recognized rewards or awards for quality
– Evidence of your subscription in in the field which demand outstanding achievement of their members
– Evidence of published material about you in expert or significant trade publications or other significant media
– Evidence that you have been asked to evaluate the work of others, either separately or on a panel
– Evidence of your original clinical, scholarly, creative, athletic, or business-related contributions of major significance to the field
– Evidence of your authorship of scholarly short articles in expert or employment significant trade publications or other major media
– Evidence that your work has actually been displayed at artistic exhibits or showcases
– Evidence of your efficiency of a leading or critical function in distinguished organizations
– Evidence that you command a high wage or other considerably high remuneration in relation to others in the field
– Evidence of your commercial successes in the performing arts
For more information on Extraordinary Ability, read our policy in Volume 6, Part F, 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 impressive professor or researcher, you need to consist of proof of 2 of the 6 listed requirements listed below (or employment equivalent proof if any of the requirements do not easily use):
– Evidence of invoice of significant prizes or awards for outstanding achievement
– Evidence of subscription in associations that require their members to show outstanding accomplishment
– Evidence of released material in expert publications written by others about the alien’s operate in the academic field
– Evidence of involvement, either on a panel or separately, as a judge of the work of others in the very same or allied scholastic field
– Evidence of original scientific or scholarly research contributions in the field
– Evidence of authorship of scholarly books or posts (in scholarly journals with worldwide flow) in the field
For more 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, Part F, Chapter 4, employment of the USCIS Policy Manual.
Application Process
Extraordinary Ability: You may use for yourself by submitting a Kind I-140, Petition for Alien Worker.
Outstanding Professors and employment Researchers: Your U.S. employer must file a Kind I-140, Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application process, your company should have the ability to show a continuing ability to pay the used wage since the concern date. Your company might utilize a yearly report, federal income tax return, or audited monetary declaration to demonstrate a continuing ability to pay your wage.
Multinational Manager or Executive: Your U.S. employer need to submit USCIS Form I-140, Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application procedure, your employer must be able to show a continuing capability to pay the provided wage as of the concern date. Your company might utilize an annual report, federal tax return, or audited financial declaration to demonstrate a continuing ability to pay your wage.
