Employment-Based Immigration: very 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 exceptional professor or researcher, or are a specific multinational executive or supervisor. Each occupational category has specific requirements that need to be satisfied:

Your petitioning employer needs to be a U.S. employer and plan to utilize you in a supervisory or executive capacity. The petitioner should have been doing business 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 referall.us accreditation is needed.

* Criteria for Demonstrating Extraordinary Ability

In order to demonstrate you have sustained nationwide or international praise and that your accomplishments have been acknowledged in your field of knowledge, you should either include evidence of a one-time accomplishment (major 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 receipt of lesser nationally or internationally recognized prizes or awards for excellence

– Evidence of your subscription in associations in the field which demand outstanding accomplishment of their members

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

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

– Evidence of your original clinical, academic, artistic, 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 significant media

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

– Evidence of your efficiency of a leading or vital function in recognized organizations

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

– Evidence of your business 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 Impressive Professor or Researcher

In order to demonstrate you are an outstanding teacher or scientist, you need to consist of proof of 2 of the 6 listed criteria below (or equivalent proof if any of the criteria do not easily apply):

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

– Evidence of membership in associations that need their members to demonstrate impressive

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

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

– Evidence of initial scientific or scholarly research contributions in the field

– Evidence of authorship of academic books or posts (in scholarly journals with worldwide flow) in the field

To find out 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, of the USCIS Policy Manual.

Application Process

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

Outstanding Professors and Researchers: Your U.S. employer need to submit a Form I-140, Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application procedure, your employer should be able to show a continuing ability to pay the offered wage since the top priority date. Your company might use a yearly report, federal earnings tax return, or audited financial 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 process, your employer should be able to show a continuing capability to pay the used wage as of the top priority date. Your company might use an annual report, federal tax return, or audited financial declaration to show a continuing ability to pay your wage.