Employment-Based Immigration: First Preference EB-1
You may be eligible for an employment-based, first-preference visa if you have an
extraordinary ability, are an outstanding professor or researcher, or are a multinational
executive or manager. Each occupational category has certain requirements that must be
met:
Eligibility Criteria
◆ Extraordinary Ability
You must be able to demonstrate extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education,
business, or athletics through sustained national or international acclaim. Your
achievements must be recognized in your field through extensive documentation. No offer
of employment is required.
◆ Outstanding professors and researchers
You must demonstrate international recognition for your outstanding achievements in a
particular academic field. You must have at least 3 years experience in teaching or
research in that academic area. You must be entering the United States in order to
pursue tenure or tenure track teaching or comparable research position at a university or
other institution of higher education.
◆ Multinational manager or executive
You must have been employed outside the United States in the 3 years preceding the
petition for at least 1 year by a firm or corporation and you must be seeking to enter the
United States to continue service to that firm or organization. Your employment must
have been outside the United States in a managerial or executive capacity and with the
same employer, an affiliate, or a subsidiary of the employer.
For More Information, Please Contact:
Fresno Immigration Attorney Phillip Kim
(559) 761-9742
https://phillipkimlaw.com/
* Criteria for Demonstrating Extraordinary Ability
You must meet 3 out of the 10 listed criteria below to prove extraordinary ability in your
field:
● Evidence of receipt of lesser nationally or internationally recognized prizes or awards
for excellence
● Evidence of your membership in associations in the field which demand outstanding
achievement of their members
● Evidence of published material about you in professional or major trade publications or
other major media
● Evidence that you have been asked to judge the work of others, either individually or
on a panel
● Evidence of your original scientific, scholarly, artistic, athletic, or business-related
contributions of major significance to the field
● Evidence of your authorship of scholarly articles in professional or major trade
publications or other major media
● Evidence that your work has been displayed at artistic exhibitions or showcases
● Evidence of your performance of a leading or critical role in distinguished organizations
● Evidence that you command a high salary or other significantly high remuneration in
relation to others in the field
● Evidence of your commercial successes in the performing arts
** Examples of Documentary Evidence That A Person is an Outstanding Professor Or
Researcher
● Evidence of receipt of major prizes or awards for outstanding achievement
● Evidence of membership in associations that require their members to demonstrate
outstanding achievement
● Evidence of published material in professional publications written by others about the
alien’s work in the academic field
● Evidence of participation, either on a panel or individually, as a judge of the work of
others in the same or allied academic field
● Evidence of original scientific or scholarly research contributions in the field
● Evidence of authorship of scholarly books or articles (in scholarly journals with
international circulation) in the field
For More Information, Please Contact:
Fresno Immigration Attorney Phillip Kim
(559) 761-9742
https://phillipkimlaw.com/
