EB1B Criteria

What is the EB1B visa? 

EB-1B, outstanding research or professor, provides aliens who are internationally recognized as exceptional in a particular scientific or scholarly field. 

EB1B Eligibility Criteria 

There is an explanation of the EB1B criteria;

Outstanding professors and researchers;

  • You need to demonstrate international recognition of outstanding achievements in a particular academic field. 
  • You must have at least 3 years of experience in teaching or research in a specific academic area. 
  • You must be entering the United States in order to pursue tenure or tenure track teaching or a comparable research position at a university, an institution of higher education, or a private employer.

If you’re interested in another type of EB1, please visit USCIS

How to demonstrate extraordinary ability for EB1B criteria?

You must include at least two of the 6 listed criteria below (or comparable evidence if any of the criteria do not readily apply):

  • Applicants need to provide evidence of major prizes or awards for outstanding achievement.
  • Applicants need to provide evidence of membership in associations that require outstanding achievement.
  • Applicants need to provide evidence of published material in professional publications written by others about the noncitizen’s work in the academic field.
  • Applicants need to provide evidence of participation, either on a panel or individually, as a judge of the work of others in the same or allied academic field.
  • Applicants need to provide evidence of original scientific or scholarly research contributions in the field.
  • Applicants need to provide evidence of authorship of scholarly books or articles (in scholarly journals with international circulation) in the field.

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EB1B Application Process and materials

  • Your U.S. employer needs to file a Form I-140, Petition for Alien Worker. In addition, your employer needs to demonstrate the ability to pay the wage as of the priority date. 
  • Your employer needs to demonstrate the ability to pay your wages such as an annual report, federal income tax return, or audited financial statement.

Family of EB-1 Visa Holders

  • If your I-140 petition is approved, your spouse and unmarried children under the age of 21 both are may be eligible to apply for E-14 or E-15 immigrant status.
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