You may be qualified for an employment-based, first-preference visa if you are an alien of extraordinary ability, are an outstanding professor employment or researcher, or are a specific multinational executive or supervisor. Each occupational classification has specific requirements that must be met:

Your petitioning company must be a U.S. company and mean to utilize you in a managerial or executive capacity. The petitioner needs to have been doing company in the U.S. for at least 1 year, as a with a qualifying relationship to the entity that used you abroad in a supervisory or executive capacity.

No labor accreditation is required.

* Criteria for Demonstrating Extraordinary Ability

In order to show you have actually sustained national or international praise and that your achievements have been recognized in your field of competence, you should either include proof of a one-time achievement (major internationally-recognized award) or 3 of the 10 listed criteria listed below (or equivalent proof if any of the requirements do not easily apply):

- Evidence of receipt of lower nationally or globally acknowledged prizes or awards for quality
- Evidence of your subscription in associations in the field which demand exceptional accomplishment of their members
- Evidence of published product about you in expert or major trade publications or other significant media
- Evidence that you have actually been asked to evaluate the work of others, either separately or on a panel
- Evidence of your original clinical, scholarly, artistic, athletic, or business-related contributions of major significance to the field
- Evidence of your authorship of academic short articles in expert or significant trade publications or other major media
- Evidence that your work has been shown at creative exhibits or displays
- Evidence of your performance of a leading or crucial function in prominent companies
- Evidence that you command a high wage 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 a Person is an Outstanding Professor or Researcher

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

- Evidence of invoice of significant rewards or awards for impressive accomplishment
- Evidence of subscription in associations that need their members to show outstanding achievement
- Evidence of released material in professional publications written by others about the alien's work in the academic field
- Evidence of participation, either on a panel or individually, as a judge of the work of others in the same or allied academic field
- Evidence of original scientific or academic research study contributions in the field
- Evidence of authorship of scholarly books or articles (in scholarly journals with international circulation) in the field
To find out more on Outstanding Professors and Researchers, read our policy in Volume 6, Part F, Chapter 3, of the USCIS Policy Manual.

To find out 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 filing a Type I-140, Petition for Alien Worker.
Outstanding Professors and Researchers: Your U.S. company must file a Form I-140, Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application process, your employer should be able to demonstrate a continuing ability to pay the provided wage since the priority date. Your employer may utilize a yearly report, federal earnings tax return, employment or audited financial statement 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 process, your company must have the ability to show a continuing ability to pay the offered wage since the concern date. Your company might utilize a yearly report, federal income tax return, or audited financial statement to show a continuing capability to pay your wage.