You may be qualified for an employment-based, first-preference visa if you are an alien of remarkable ability, are an exceptional professor job or researcher, or are a certain multinational executive or manager. Each occupational category has particular requirements that must be fulfilled:

Your petitioning company should be a U.S. company and 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 qualifying relationship to the entity that utilized you abroad in a supervisory or executive capacity.

No labor accreditation is required.

* Criteria for Demonstrating Extraordinary Ability

In order to demonstrate you have sustained nationwide or global honor which your accomplishments have actually been acknowledged in your field of proficiency, you should either include evidence of a one-time achievement (major internationally-recognized award) or 3 of the 10 noted criteria below (or comparable proof if any of the criteria do not readily use):

- Evidence of receipt of lesser nationally or internationally recognized rewards or awards for quality

- Evidence of your membership in associations in the field which demand exceptional accomplishment of their members

- Evidence of released material about you in expert or significant trade publications or other significant media

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

- Evidence of your original scientific, academic, artistic, athletic, or business-related contributions of significant significance to the field

- Evidence of your authorship of scholarly short articles in professional or major trade publications or other major media

- Evidence that your work has actually been displayed at artistic exhibitions or showcases

- Evidence of your performance of a leading or critical function in distinguished organizations

- Evidence that you command a high salary or other substantially high compensation in relation to others in the field

- Evidence of your commercial successes in the performing arts


To learn 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 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 below (or equivalent proof if any of the criteria do not readily apply):

- Evidence of invoice of major prizes or awards for impressive accomplishment

- Evidence of subscription in associations that require their members to demonstrate outstanding achievement

- Evidence of released product in expert publications composed by others about the alien's work in the scholastic field

- Evidence of participation, either on a panel or separately, as a judge of the work of others in the exact same or allied academic field

- Evidence of initial clinical or scholarly research study contributions in the field

- Evidence of authorship of scholarly books or articles (in scholarly journals with international flow) in the field


To learn more on Outstanding Professors and Researchers, read our policy in Volume 6, Part F, Chapter 3, job 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: job You might get yourself by filing a Form 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 must be able to demonstrate a continuing capability to pay the provided wage as of the priority date. Your employer may use a yearly report, federal tax return, or audited financial declaration to show a continuing ability to pay your wage.

Multinational Manager or Executive: Your U.S. employer must submit USCIS Form I-140, Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application procedure, your company must have the ability to show a continuing capability to pay the offered wage as of the concern date. Your employer may utilize a yearly report, federal earnings tax return, or audited monetary statement to show a continuing capability to pay your wage.