You might be eligible for an employment-based, first-preference visa if you are an alien of remarkable ability, are an outstanding professor or researcher, or are a particular multinational executive or manager. Each occupational classification has particular requirements that must be fulfilled:

Your petitioning employer needs to be a U.S. employer and mean to use you in a managerial or executive capability. The petitioner should have been doing business 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 managerial or executive capacity.

No labor certification is required.

* Criteria for Demonstrating Extraordinary Ability

In order to show you have actually sustained nationwide or international acclaim which your accomplishments have actually been recognized in your field of know-how, you should either consist of evidence of a one-time achievement (significant internationally-recognized award) or 3 of the 10 listed criteria below (or comparable proof if any of the requirements do not easily use):

- Evidence of invoice of lower nationally or internationally recognized rewards or awards for quality

- Evidence of your subscription in associations in the field which demand employment impressive achievement of their members

- Evidence of published product about you in expert or major trade publications or other major media

- Evidence that you have actually been asked to judge the work of others, either individually or on a panel

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

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

- Evidence that your work has been shown at creative exhibitions or showcases

- Evidence of your efficiency of a leading or vital function in prominent companies

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

- Evidence of your commercial successes in the carrying out 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 a Person is an Impressive 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 below (or similar proof if any of the requirements do not readily use):

- Evidence of receipt of major prizes or awards for exceptional accomplishment

- Evidence of subscription in associations that need their members to show outstanding accomplishment

- Evidence of published product in professional publications composed by others about the alien's work in the academic field

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

- Evidence of initial scientific or academic research study contributions in the field

- Evidence of authorship of academic books or articles (in academic journals with worldwide blood circulation) in the field


For more details on Outstanding Professors and employment Researchers, read our policy in Volume 6, Part F, Chapter 3, of the USCIS Policy Manual.

To learn more on Multinational Executives or employment Managers, read our policy in Volume 6, Part F, Chapter 4, of the USCIS Policy Manual.

Application Process

Extraordinary Ability: You might get yourself by filing a Kind I-140, Petition for Alien Worker.

Outstanding Professors and Researchers: Your U.S. employer should submit a Form I-140, Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application process, your employer must have the ability to show a continuing ability to pay the used wage since the concern date. Your company might use an annual report, federal tax return, or audited monetary declaration 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 employment Alien Worker. As part of the application procedure, your employer must have the ability to demonstrate a continuing capability to pay the offered wage as of the top priority date. Your company may use an annual report, federal income tax return, or audited financial declaration to demonstrate a continuing ability to pay your wage.