Employment-Based Immigration: very First Preference EB-1

You may be qualified for an employment-based, first-preference visa if you are an alien of remarkable ability, are an outstanding teacher or scientist, or are a particular international executive or supervisor. Each occupational classification has specific requirements that need to be satisfied:

Your petitioning employer needs to be a U.S. employer and employment plan to use you in a supervisory or executive capacity. The petitioner should have been doing organization in the U.S. for at least 1 year, as a legal entity with a certifying relationship to the entity that employed you abroad in a managerial or executive capability.

No labor certification is needed.

* Criteria for Demonstrating Extraordinary Ability

In order to show you have sustained national or worldwide praise which your accomplishments have been acknowledged in your field of expertise, you should either consist of proof of a one-time achievement (major internationally-recognized award) or 3 of the 10 noted requirements listed below (or equivalent evidence if any of the criteria do not readily use):

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

– Evidence of your efficiency of a leading or critical function in prominent organizations

– Evidence that you command a high wage or other significantly 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, Chapter 2, of the USCIS Policy Manual.

** Examples of Documentary Evidence That a Person is an Outstanding Professor or Researcher

In order to demonstrate you are an exceptional professor or researcher, you need to consist of proof of 2 of the 6 noted criteria below (or equivalent evidence if any of the criteria do not readily apply):

– Evidence of receipt of significant rewards or awards for exceptional accomplishment

– Evidence of membership in associations that need their members to show outstanding achievement

– Evidence of published product in expert publications written 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 academic field

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

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

To find out more on Outstanding Professors and Researchers, read our policy in Volume 6, employment Part F, employment Chapter 3, of the USCIS Policy Manual.

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

Application Process

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

Outstanding Professors and Researchers: Your U.S. company must submit a Form I-140, Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application process, employment your company needs to have the ability to demonstrate a continuing ability to pay the used wage as of the concern date. Your employer may utilize a yearly report, federal tax return, or audited financial statement to demonstrate a continuing ability 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 procedure, your employer needs to be able to show a to pay the used wage as of the concern date. Your employer might utilize an annual report, federal income tax return, or audited financial statement to show a continuing ability to pay your wage.