Employment-Based Immigration: very First Preference EB-1

You might be eligible for an employment-based, job first-preference visa if you are an alien of extraordinary capability, are an exceptional teacher or scientist, or are a specific international executive or job manager. Each occupational category has certain requirements that should be met:

Your petitioning employer must be a U.S. company and plan to use 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 qualifying relationship to the entity that used you abroad in a managerial or executive capability.

No labor certification is needed.

* Criteria for Demonstrating Extraordinary Ability

In order to show you have actually sustained nationwide or global acclaim and that your accomplishments have actually been acknowledged in your field of competence, you must either consist of proof of a one-time achievement (significant internationally-recognized award) or 3 of the 10 listed criteria below (or similar evidence if any of the criteria do not readily use):

– Evidence of receipt of lower nationally or internationally recognized rewards or job awards for excellence

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

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

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

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

– Evidence of your authorship of scholarly posts in expert or significant trade publications or other significant media

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

– Evidence of your performance of a leading or crucial role in recognized 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

To learn more on 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 demonstrate you are an impressive teacher or scientist, you must include evidence of 2 of the 6 listed criteria listed below (or similar evidence if any of the criteria do not readily use):

– Evidence of invoice of major rewards or awards for outstanding accomplishment

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

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

– Evidence of participation, 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 academic research contributions in the field

– Evidence of authorship of scholarly books or short articles (in academic journals with global 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.

For more info 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 look for yourself by filing a Kind I-140, Petition for Alien Worker.

Outstanding Professors and Researchers: Your U.S. company should submit a Kind I-140, Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application procedure, your company should be able to show a continuing capability to pay the provided wage since the top priority date. Your company may use a yearly report, federal tax return, or job audited monetary declaration to show a continuing ability to pay your wage.

Multinational Manager or Executive: Your U.S. company should file USCIS Form I-140, Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application procedure, your company must be able to show a continuing ability to pay the provided wage since the top priority date. Your employer may utilize a yearly report, federal tax return, or audited monetary declaration to demonstrate a continuing capability to pay your wage.