You might be qualified for an employment-based, first-preference visa if you are an alien of amazing capability, are an exceptional professor or researcher, or are a specific multinational executive or manager. Each occupational category has specific requirements that should be met:

Your petitioning company should be a U.S. company and intend to use 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 needed.

* Criteria for Demonstrating Extraordinary Ability

In order to demonstrate you have actually sustained national or global praise which your accomplishments have actually been recognized in your field of expertise, you should either include evidence of a one-time accomplishment (significant internationally-recognized award) or 3 of the 10 noted criteria below (or similar evidence if any of the requirements do not readily apply):

- Evidence of receipt of lesser nationally or globally recognized prizes or awards for quality
- Evidence of your membership in associations in the field which require impressive accomplishment of their members
- Evidence of released product about you in professional or employment major trade publications or other major 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, academic, artistic, athletic, or business-related contributions of major significance to the field
- Evidence of your authorship of academic short articles in professional or significant trade publications or other major media
- Evidence that your work has been displayed at creative exhibits or displays
- Evidence of your efficiency of a leading or critical role in distinguished companies
- Evidence that you command a high salary or other considerably high remuneration in 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 an Individual is an Impressive Professor or Researcher

In order to demonstrate you are an exceptional professor or researcher, you should include proof of 2 of the 6 noted requirements below (or equivalent evidence if any of the criteria do not readily apply):

- Evidence of receipt of major prizes or awards for employment impressive accomplishment
- Evidence of membership in associations that require their members to show impressive achievement
- Evidence of released material in professional publications written by others about the alien's operate in the scholastic field
- Evidence of involvement, either on a panel or individually, as a judge of the work of others in the very same or allied academic field
- Evidence of initial clinical or academic research study contributions in the field
- Evidence of authorship of scholarly books or short articles (in scholarly journals with global blood circulation) in the field
For additional information 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 Managers, read our policy in Volume 6, Part F, Chapter 4, of the USCIS Policy Manual.

Application Process

Extraordinary Ability: You may get yourself by submitting a Type I-140, Petition for Alien Worker.
Outstanding Professors and Researchers: Your U.S. company need to submit a Form I-140, Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application process, your employer should be able to show a continuing ability to pay the used wage since the priority date. Your employer may utilize a yearly report, federal tax return, or audited monetary declaration to demonstrate a continuing ability to pay your wage.
Multinational Manager or Executive: Your U.S. company need to file USCIS Form I-140, Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application procedure, your company should have the ability to demonstrate a continuing ability to pay the offered wage as of the priority date. Your company may use a yearly report, federal tax return, or audited financial declaration to show a continuing capability to pay your wage.