The EB-1 classification includes a category for “Multinational Managers or Executives”.
Eligibility Requirements
To qualify for an EB-1 visa as a multinational executive or manager you must be a foreign national who:
- Has been employed for at least one year by a firm or corporation or other legal entity or an affiliate or subsidiary thereof in the three years preceding the time of your EB-1 application; and
- Seeks to enter the U.S. in order to continue to render services to the same employer or to a subsidiary or affiliate thereof in a capacity that is managerial or executive.
Evidence Requirements
A petition for a multinational executive or manager must be accompanied by a statement from an authorized official of your petitioning U.S. employer which demonstrates that:
- Your prospective employer in the U.S. is the same employer or a subsidiary or affiliate of the firm or corporation or other legal entity by which you were employed overseas; and
- Your prospective U.S. employer has been doing business for at least one year.
- If you are
- Outside the U.S., in the three years immediately preceding the filing of the petition, you been employed outside the U.S. for at least one year in a managerial or executive capacity by a firm or corporation, or other legal entity, or by an affiliate or subsidiary of such a firm or corporation or other legal entity.
- Already in the U.S. working for the same employer or a subsidiary or affiliate of the firm or corporation, or other legal entity by which you were employed overseas, in the three years preceding entry as a nonimmigrant, you were employed by the entity abroad for at least one year in a managerial or executive capacity.
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