1 Employment Based Immigration: first Preference EB 1
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You may be eligible for an employment-based, first-preference visa if you are an alien of remarkable capability, are an exceptional professor or scientist, or are a certain international executive or supervisor. Each occupational category has specific requirements that must be satisfied:

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

No labor accreditation is .

* Criteria for Demonstrating Extraordinary Ability

In order to show you have actually sustained national or global praise and that your achievements have actually been recognized in your field of proficiency, you should either include proof of a one-time accomplishment (significant internationally-recognized award) or 3 of the 10 noted requirements listed below (or similar proof if any of the requirements do not easily apply):

- Evidence of receipt of lower nationally or internationally recognized prizes or awards for excellence
- Evidence of your membership in associations in the field which demand outstanding accomplishment of their members
- Evidence of released product about you in professional or major trade publications or other major dokuwiki.stream 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, scholarly, creative, athletic, or business-related contributions of significant significance to the field
- Evidence of your authorship of academic articles in professional or significant trade publications or other significant media
- Evidence that your work has actually been displayed at artistic exhibits or displays
- Evidence of your performance of a leading or critical role in recognized companies
- Evidence that you command a high income or other considerably high compensation in relation to others in the field
- Evidence of your industrial successes in the carrying out 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 an Individual is an Exceptional Professor or Researcher

In order to show you are an impressive teacher or scientist, you need to consist of evidence of 2 of the 6 noted criteria listed below (or equivalent proof if any of the requirements do not easily use):

- Evidence of receipt of significant prizes or awards for outstanding accomplishment
- Evidence of subscription in associations that require their members to demonstrate exceptional accomplishment
- Evidence of released product in professional publications composed by others about the alien's work in the scholastic field
- Evidence of participation, either on a panel or individually, as a judge of the work of others in the same or allied scholastic field
- Evidence of initial clinical or scholarly research contributions in the field
- Evidence of authorship of academic books or articles (in scholarly journals with worldwide blood 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 details 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 may request yourself by submitting a Type I-140, Petition for Alien Worker.
Outstanding Professors and Researchers: Your U.S. employer should file a Type 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 provided wage as of the concern date. Your company may utilize a yearly report, federal tax return, or audited monetary statement to demonstrate a continuing ability to pay your wage.
Multinational Manager or Executive: Your U.S. company need to submit USCIS Form I-140, Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application procedure, your company must be able to demonstrate a continuing ability to pay the offered wage since the concern date. Your company might use a yearly report, federal tax return, or audited monetary statement to demonstrate a continuing ability to pay your wage.