EB-1 Visa

Employment-Based Visa: First Preference - (888) 867-5191

Employment-based, first-preference visas (EB-1) are available to foreign citizens who have extraordinary abilities, are outstanding professors or researchers, or are multinational executives or managers. Each EB-1 category has certain requirements applicants must meet. These include:

Extraordinary Ability

Applicants must demonstrate "extraordinary ability" in science, art, education, business, or athletics. Achievements must be recognized through documentation of a one-time achievement (such as an Olympic Medal, Oscar, or Pulitzer Prize) or by meeting 3 out of the 10 listed criteria:

Outstanding Professors / Researchers

Professors and researchers must demonstrate international recognition for outstanding achievements in an academic field, have 3 years of experience in teaching or research in that field, be entering the U.S. to pursue tenure or research position at a university or higher education institution.

Multinational Manager or Executive

Applicants must have been employed outside of the U.S. in the 3 years before applying for at least 1 year by a firm or corporation and must be looking to enter the U.S. to continue work for that company.

Employment must have been in a managerial or executive capacity with the same employer, affiliate, or subsidiary. Applicants must provide evidence that the petitioning employer must be a U.S. employer doing business for at least one year as the same company that employed them outside the U.S.

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At Mathur Law Offices, P.C., our Dallas immigration attorneys are prepared to help visa applicants understand if they meet eligibility requirements for EB1 Visas.