You might be eligible for an employment-based, first-preference visa if you are an alien of amazing ability, are an exceptional professor or scientist, or are a specific international executive or supervisor. Each occupational classification has specific requirements that need to be satisfied:

Your petitioning company must be a U.S. company and mean to employ you in a supervisory or executive capability. The petitioner should have been doing company in the U.S. for employment at least 1 year, as a legal entity with a qualifying relationship to the entity that employed you abroad in a supervisory or executive capability.

No labor accreditation is required.

* Criteria for Demonstrating Extraordinary Ability

In order to show you have sustained nationwide or worldwide honor and that your accomplishments have been recognized in your field of know-how, you should either include proof of a one-time accomplishment (significant internationally-recognized award) or 3 of the 10 noted criteria below (or similar proof if any of the criteria do not readily use):

- Evidence of invoice of lesser nationally or worldwide acknowledged prizes or awards for quality
- Evidence of your subscription in associations in the field which demand outstanding achievement of their members
- Evidence of released product about you in professional or major trade publications or other significant media
- Evidence that you have actually been asked to judge the work of others, either individually or on a panel
- Evidence of your initial clinical, academic, artistic, athletic, or business-related contributions of major significance to the field
- Evidence of your authorship of scholarly articles in expert or significant trade publications or other significant media
- Evidence that your work has actually been shown at creative exhibitions or displays
- Evidence of your efficiency of a leading or important function in prominent organizations
- Evidence that you command a high wage or other significantly high compensation in relation to others in the field
- Evidence of your industrial successes in the performing arts
To learn more on Extraordinary Ability, read our policy in Volume 6, Part F, employment Chapter 2, of the USCIS Policy Manual.

** Examples of Documentary Evidence That an Individual is an Exceptional Professor employment or Researcher

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

- Evidence of receipt of significant prizes or awards for exceptional achievement
- Evidence of subscription in associations that need their members to show exceptional accomplishment
- Evidence of released product in expert publications composed by others about the alien's operate in the academic 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 scientific or academic research study contributions in the field
- Evidence of authorship of academic books or short articles (in academic journals with global circulation) in the field
For more details on Outstanding Professors and Researchers, read our policy in Volume 6, Part F, Chapter 3, of the USCIS Policy Manual.

For additional information 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 Type I-140, employment Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application procedure, your employer needs to have the ability to demonstrate a to pay the used wage as of the concern date. Your company may utilize an annual report, federal tax return, or audited financial declaration to demonstrate 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 employer needs to have the ability to show a continuing capability to pay the offered wage since the concern date. Your employer may utilize an annual report, federal income tax return, or audited monetary declaration to show a continuing ability to pay your wage.