You may be qualified for an employment-based, first-preference visa if you are an alien of amazing ability, are an exceptional teacher or scientist, or are a certain international executive or manager. Each occupational classification has particular requirements that need to be met:

Your petitioning company needs to be a U.S. employer and plan to employ you in a managerial or executive capability. The petitioner needs to have been doing business in the U.S. for a minimum of 1 year, as a legal entity with a qualifying relationship to the entity that utilized you abroad in a supervisory or executive capacity.

No labor accreditation is needed.

* Criteria for Demonstrating Extraordinary Ability

In order to show you have sustained nationwide or job global acclaim and that your achievements have actually been recognized in your field of expertise, you should either consist of proof of a one-time accomplishment (major internationally-recognized award) or 3 of the 10 listed criteria below (or comparable evidence if any of the criteria do not readily apply):

- Evidence of receipt of lesser nationally or internationally recognized rewards or awards for quality
- Evidence of your subscription in associations in the field which demand outstanding achievement of their members
- Evidence of published material about you in professional or significant 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 initial clinical, academic, artistic, athletic, or business-related contributions of major significance to the field
- Evidence of your authorship of in professional or major trade publications or other major media
- Evidence that your work has been shown at artistic exhibits or displays
- Evidence of your performance of a leading or important role in distinguished organizations
- Evidence that you command a high salary or other significantly high reimbursement 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 outstanding teacher or researcher, you must consist of evidence of 2 of the 6 noted criteria listed below (or equivalent proof if any of the criteria do not readily use):

- Evidence of invoice of major prizes or awards for outstanding achievement
- Evidence of membership in associations that require their members to show outstanding accomplishment
- Evidence of published product in professional publications composed by others about the alien’s operate in the scholastic field
- Evidence of participation, either on a panel or separately, as a judge of the work of others in the very same or allied scholastic field
- Evidence of initial clinical or academic research contributions in the field
- Evidence of authorship of academic books or articles (in academic journals with international flow) 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 more info 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 obtain yourself by filing a Type I-140, Petition for Alien Worker.
Outstanding Professors and Researchers: Your U.S. company should submit a Kind 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 provided wage since the priority date. Your employer might utilize an annual report, federal income tax return, or audited financial declaration to show a continuing ability to pay your wage.
Multinational Manager or Executive: Your U.S. employer must file USCIS Form I-140, 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 might use an annual report, federal earnings tax return, or audited financial statement to demonstrate a continuing capability to pay your wage.