Employment-Based Immigration: first Preference EB-1

You might be eligible for an employment-based, first-preference visa if you are an alien of remarkable ability, are an exceptional professor or researcher, or are a particular international executive or supervisor. Each occupational classification has certain requirements that must be satisfied:

Your petitioning company should be a U.S. company and mean to utilize you in a supervisory or executive capability. The petitioner must have been doing company in the U.S. for a minimum of 1 year, as a legal entity with a certifying relationship to the entity that used you abroad in a managerial or executive capability.

No labor certification is required.

* Criteria for Demonstrating Extraordinary Ability

In order to demonstrate you have actually sustained nationwide or employment worldwide recognition and that your accomplishments have been recognized in your field of proficiency, you need to either consist of proof of a one-time accomplishment (significant internationally-recognized award) or 3 of the 10 listed criteria below (or employment comparable proof if any of the requirements do not easily apply):

– Evidence of receipt of lower nationally or globally acknowledged rewards or awards for quality

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

of released material about you in professional or significant 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 scientific, academic, artistic, 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 major media

– Evidence that your work has actually been displayed at creative exhibitions or showcases

– Evidence of your efficiency of a leading or critical function in distinguished companies

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

– Evidence of your industrial successes in the performing arts

For more details 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 Outstanding Professor or Researcher

In order to show you are an outstanding teacher or researcher, you need to consist of evidence of 2 of the 6 listed requirements below (or comparable evidence if any of the criteria do not readily use):

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

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

– Evidence of released product in professional publications composed by others about the alien’s work in the scholastic field

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

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

– Evidence of authorship of academic books or articles (in scholarly journals with worldwide circulation) 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 find out more on Multinational Executives or employment Managers, read our policy in Volume 6, Part F, Chapter 4, of the USCIS Policy Manual.

Application Process

Extraordinary Ability: You might apply for yourself by submitting a Type I-140, Petition for Alien Worker.

Outstanding Professors and employment Researchers: Your U.S. company need to submit a Form I-140, Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application process, your company must have the ability to show a continuing capability to pay the used wage since the priority date. Your employer might utilize a yearly report, federal income tax return, or audited financial declaration to show a continuing capability to pay your wage.

Multinational Manager or Executive: Your U.S. employer should file USCIS Form I-140, Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application process, your employer needs to be able to demonstrate a continuing capability to pay the used wage since the concern date. Your employer may use an annual report, federal tax return, or audited financial declaration to show a continuing ability to pay your wage.