FAQs about Immigrant Petition Requirements

To be considered a multinational executive or manager the foreign individual must have been employed outside the United States in the 3 years preceding the Immigrant Petition for at least 1 year by a firm or corporation or other legal entity or an affiliate or subsidiary and the foreign individual seeks to enter the United… Read More

To be considered an outstanding professor or researcher the foreign individual must be recognized internationally as outstanding in a specific academic area; have 3 years of teaching or research experience in the academic area; and seek entry into the United States for a tenure (or tenure track) teaching position with a university or institution of… Read More

The foreign individual’s extraordinary ability must be in sciences, art, education, business or athletics and demonstrated through sustained national or international acclaim; whose achievements have been recognized in the field through extensive documentation; and who seeks entry into the United States to continue work in the area of extraordinary ability. To demonstrate sustained national or… Read More

The foreign individual may qualify for the employment based first preference category if s/he is an alien with extraordinary ability in sciences, art, education, business or athletics or an outstanding professor or researcher or a multinational executive or manager.