EB-1 Employment-Based Immigrant Visas (Green Cards)

The EB-1 category for “priority workers” is divided into three categories:

EB-1-1 – Aliens of extraordinary ability

• No job offer required
• At the top of his or her field and/or have received national or international acclaim in the sciences, arts, education, business or athletics

EB-1-2 – Outstanding Professors and Researchers

• Job offer required
• Internationally recognized as outstanding
• At least three years of experience in teaching or research

EB-1-3 – Multinational Executives and Professors

• Employed for one of the last three years abroad by affiliate, subsidiary or parent of U.S. entity
• U.S. company must have been in business for at least one year
• Employed both abroad and in the United States in a managerial/executive capacity
• Similar to the L-1A non-immigrant visa category

Advantages:

• No labor certification requirement;
• Visa number (the “priority date”) is immediately available; and
• The I-140 Petition (Petition for Alien Worker) and I-485 (Adjustment Application) can be filed concurrently.

Other types of employment-based visas are also available. Please also visit the rest of our website to see other ways to obtain a green card to live in the United States.