The Evidence That A Professor Needs To Obtain An EB-1 Visa
The EB-1 visa is an employment-based visa that allows the following people to live and work in the United States:
- Immigrants with an extraordinary ability.
- Certain multinational executives and managers.
- Outstanding professors and researchers.
If a professor wishes to obtain an EB-1 visa, there are certain requirements they must satisfy. And, one of the most notable of these requirements, centers on the evidence that must be provided.
Going over the evidence that a professor needs to provide in order to obtain an EB-1 visa, and speaking with a lawyer, will make it easier to obtain an EB-1 visa.
What Evidence Does A Professor Need To Obtain An EB-1 Visa?
A professor who wishes to obtain an EB-1 visa must provide at least two types of evidence. And, the two types of evidence they provide must be one of the following:
- Receipts showing that they have won major, and well-regarded, prizes for their outstanding achievements within their field.
- Documentation showing that they belong to associations that require their members to have outstanding achievements within their field.
- Scholarly books and/or articles that they wrote for their field and that, in turn, were published in internationally circulated scholarly journals.
- Documentation showing their participation as a judge of others’ work – individually, or on a panel – within the same, or an adjacent, field.
- Published material in professional publications that was written by others about their work in the field they belong to.
- Documentation that shows the original scientific, or scholarly, research that they have contributed to their field.
If a professor wishes to obtain an EB-1 visa, they must provide at least two of the different types of evidence outlined above. By doing so, they will be much closer to obtaining an EB-1 visa.
What Happens If You Cannot Provide The Evidence That You Need?
The answer to the question outlined above is twofold: a professor may not be able to obtain an EB-1 visa if they cannot provide the evidence that was outlined earlier.
On the other hand, though, if they are an outstanding professor and they have some evidence to prove this, then they can provide comparable evidence that is similar to the evidence outlined earlier, but a little different.
Just as an example, if they have documentation that shows original scientific work, but it isn’t in a scholarly article but, instead, a published nonfiction book, then they may be able to use this.
Outside of the above, a wide variety of other, equally relevant, pieces of comparable evidence can be provided.
The best way to determine if this comparable evidence will be of use, though, is to go over it with an attorney who can determine whether or not it is worth providing.
Speak With A Houston Immigration Lawyer Today
If you are a professor who would like to obtain an EB-1 visa in order to further your work in the United States, you are going to need some assistance.
Speak with a Houston immigration lawyer at BBA Immigration today and we will help you obtain the EB-1A visa that you need to live and work in the United States as a professor.
Sources:
uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/permanent-workers/employment-based-immigration-first-preference-eb-1
uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-6-part-f-chapter-3
