You might be qualified for an employment-based, first-preference visa if you are an alien of amazing ability, are an impressive professor or researcher, or are a specific multinational executive or manager. Each occupational classification has particular requirements that should be fulfilled:

Your petitioning company needs to be a U.S. company and plan to use you in a supervisory 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 managerial or executive capacity.

No labor accreditation is required.

* Criteria for Demonstrating Extraordinary Ability

In order to show you have sustained national or employment international praise and that your accomplishments have been recognized in your field of knowledge, you need to either include proof of a one-time accomplishment (significant internationally-recognized award) or 3 of the 10 listed criteria below (or equivalent proof if any of the requirements do not readily apply):

- Evidence of receipt of lesser nationally or worldwide acknowledged rewards or awards for quality
- Evidence of your membership in associations in the field which require outstanding accomplishment of their members
- Evidence of published material about you in expert or significant trade publications or other major media
- Evidence that you have actually been asked to evaluate the work of others, either individually or on a panel
- Evidence of your original clinical, scholarly, creative, athletic, or business-related contributions of major significance to the field
- Evidence of your authorship of scholarly articles in professional or significant trade publications or other major media
- Evidence that your work has actually been shown at creative exhibits or displays
- Evidence of your efficiency of a leading or critical function in recognized organizations
- Evidence that you command a high salary or other considerably high compensation in relation to others in the field
- Evidence of your business successes in the performing 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 a Person is an Impressive Professor or Researcher

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

- Evidence of invoice of major prizes or employment awards for employment impressive accomplishment
- Evidence of membership in associations that need their members to demonstrate outstanding achievement
- Evidence of published product in expert publications composed by others about the alien's operate in the academic field
of involvement, either on a panel or separately, as a judge of the work of others in the exact same or allied academic field
- Evidence of initial scientific or academic research contributions in the field
- Evidence of authorship of academic books or articles (in academic journals with global blood circulation) in the field
For additional information on Outstanding Professors and Researchers, read our policy in Volume 6, Part F, Chapter 3, of the USCIS Policy Manual.

To learn more on Multinational Executives or employment Managers, read our policy in Volume 6, Part F, Chapter 4, of the USCIS Policy Manual.

Application Process

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