You might be eligible for an employment-based, first-preference visa if you are an alien of extraordinary capability, job are an exceptional professor or scientist, or are a particular international executive or supervisor. Each occupational classification has certain requirements that must be satisfied:

Your petitioning employer must be a U.S. employer and intend to utilize you in a supervisory or executive capability. The petitioner needs to have been doing service in the U.S. for a minimum of 1 year, as a legal entity with a certifying relationship to the entity that used you abroad in a supervisory or executive capacity.

No labor accreditation is needed.

* Criteria for Demonstrating Extraordinary Ability

In order to show you have actually sustained nationwide or international recognition and that your achievements have been acknowledged in your field of competence, you should either consist of evidence of a one-time achievement (major internationally-recognized award) or 3 of the 10 listed requirements below (or similar proof if any of the requirements do not readily use):

- Evidence of invoice of lower nationally or internationally recognized rewards or awards for excellence
- Evidence of your membership in associations in the field which require outstanding achievement of their members
- Evidence of released material about you in professional or significant trade publications or other significant media
- Evidence that you have been asked to judge the work of others, either separately or on a panel
- Evidence of your initial clinical, scholarly, artistic, athletic, or of major significance to the field
- Evidence of your authorship of academic articles in professional or significant trade publications or other significant media
- Evidence that your work has actually been displayed at artistic exhibits or showcases
- Evidence of your performance of a leading or important role 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 performing arts
For more information on Extraordinary Ability, read our policy in Volume 6, Part F, Chapter 2, job of the USCIS Policy Manual.

** Examples of Documentary Evidence That a Person is an Exceptional Professor or Researcher

In order to demonstrate you are an impressive professor or researcher, you must include evidence of 2 of the 6 listed criteria listed below (or equivalent proof if any of the criteria do not easily use):

- Evidence of receipt of major prizes or awards for exceptional achievement
- Evidence of membership in associations that need their members to demonstrate outstanding achievement
- Evidence of released material in expert publications composed by others about the alien's operate in the scholastic field
- Evidence of involvement, 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 scholarly research contributions in the field
- Evidence of authorship of scholarly books or articles (in scholarly journals with global flow) in the field
To learn more on Outstanding Professors and Researchers, read our policy in Volume 6, Part F, Chapter 3, of the USCIS Policy Manual.

For more information on Multinational Executives or Managers, job read our policy in Volume 6, Part F, Chapter 4, of the USCIS Policy Manual.

Application Process

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