Employment-Based Immigration: very First Preference EB-1

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

Your petitioning company must be a U.S. employer and intend to use you in a managerial or executive capability. The petitioner must have been doing service in the U.S. for at least 1 year, as a legal entity with a qualifying relationship to the entity that employed you abroad in a managerial or executive capacity.

No labor accreditation is required.

* Criteria for Demonstrating Extraordinary Ability

In order to demonstrate you have actually sustained national or global praise which your accomplishments have actually been acknowledged in your field of expertise, you must either consist of proof of a one-time achievement (significant internationally-recognized award) or 3 of the 10 noted requirements below (or equivalent evidence if any of the requirements do not easily use):

– Evidence of receipt of lower nationally or worldwide recognized prizes or awards for quality

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

– Evidence of released material about you in professional or significant trade publications or other major media

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

– Evidence of your original scientific, scholarly, artistic, athletic, or business-related contributions of significant significance to the field

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

– Evidence that your work has been displayed at artistic exhibits or displays

– Evidence of your efficiency of a leading or important role in prominent organizations

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

– Evidence of your industrial successes in the performing arts

To learn more 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 Impressive Professor or Researcher

In order to demonstrate you are an impressive professor or scientist, you need to consist of proof of 2 of the 6 listed criteria listed below (or similar evidence if any of the criteria do not readily apply):

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

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

– Evidence of released product in professional 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 very same or allied academic field

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

– Evidence of authorship of scholarly books or short articles (in scholarly journals with global blood circulation) 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.

To learn more 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 get yourself by filing a Type I-140, employment Petition for Alien Worker.

Outstanding Professors and Researchers: Your U.S. employer should file a Form I-140, Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application process, your company must be able to demonstrate a continuing capability to pay the offered wage since the concern date. Your employer might use an annual report, federal tax return, employment or audited monetary statement to show a continuing capability to pay your wage.

or Executive: Your U.S. employer must file USCIS Form I-140, Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application procedure, your company needs to have the ability to show a continuing capability to pay the offered wage since the priority date. Your employer may utilize an annual report, federal income tax return, or audited monetary declaration to show a continuing capability to pay your wage.