You might be eligible for an employment-based, first-preference visa if you are an alien of amazing ability, are an outstanding professor or researcher, or are a particular international executive or manager. Each occupational category has certain requirements that must be fulfilled:
Your petitioning company must be a U.S. employer and intend to employ you in a supervisory or executive capacity. The petitioner should have been doing business in the U.S. for at least 1 year, as a legal entity with a certifying relationship to the entity that utilized you abroad in a managerial or executive capability.
No labor certification is required.
* Criteria for Demonstrating Extraordinary Ability
In order to show you have sustained national or worldwide honor which your accomplishments have been recognized in your field of expertise, you must either consist of evidence of a one-time accomplishment (major internationally-recognized award) or 3 of the 10 noted criteria listed below (or comparable evidence if any of the criteria do not readily apply):
- Evidence of receipt of lesser nationally or globally acknowledged rewards 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 major media
- Evidence that you have actually been asked to judge the work of others, employment either individually or on a panel
- Evidence of your original scientific, scholarly, creative, athletic, or business-related contributions of significant significance to the field
- Evidence of your authorship of academic posts in expert or major trade publications or other major media
- Evidence that your work has actually been displayed at creative exhibitions or showcases
- Evidence of your performance of a leading or vital function in distinguished organizations
- Evidence that you command a high income or other substantially high reimbursement in relation to others in the field
- Evidence of your industrial successes in the carrying out 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 a Person is an Exceptional Professor or Researcher
In order to show you are an outstanding professor or scientist, you need to include proof of 2 of the 6 listed criteria below (or comparable proof if any of the requirements do not easily use):
- Evidence of invoice of significant prizes or awards for impressive accomplishment
- Evidence of membership in associations that need their members to demonstrate outstanding accomplishment
- Evidence of released material in expert publications composed by others about the alien's operate in the scholastic field
- Evidence of participation, either on a panel or separately, as a judge of the work of others in the very same or allied scholastic field
- Evidence of original clinical or academic research study contributions in the field
- Evidence of authorship of academic books or articles (in scholarly journals with worldwide 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.
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 use for yourself by filing a Form I-140, Petition for Alien Worker.
Outstanding Professors and Researchers: Your U.S. employer must submit a Kind I-140, Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application procedure, your employer must be able to demonstrate a continuing ability to pay the provided wage as of the concern date. Your employer may utilize a yearly report, federal income tax return, or audited financial statement to demonstrate a continuing ability to pay your wage.
Multinational Manager or Executive: Your U.S. employer should submit USCIS Form I-140, Petition for . As part of the application procedure, your company should be able to show a continuing ability to pay the used wage since the priority date. Your employer might utilize a yearly report, federal earnings tax return, or audited financial statement to show a continuing capability to pay your wage.
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