{"id":1038,"date":"2020-01-20T21:27:03","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T03:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=1038"},"modified":"2020-01-20T21:27:03","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T03:27:03","slug":"eb1-extraordinary-ability-petitions-for-engineers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=1038","title":{"rendered":"EB1 Extraordinary Ability Petitions for Engineers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>EB1 Extraordinary Ability Petitions for Engineers<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/messersmithlaw.com\/eb1-eb1a\/\">EB1 extraordinary ability green card<\/a> allows anyone in the arts, sciences, business, education or athletics to sponsor their own green card.\u00a0 No job offer or labor certification is required.\u00a0 The requirements for this category are quite high but not insurmountable.\u00a0 Our office has handled thousands of immigration cases and have secured many EB1 approvals for our clients.<br \/>\nMany people believe that the EB1 category is limited to scientists or researchers or those who have won Nobel prizes.\u00a0 This is simply not the case.\u00a0 We have helped many people in business fields with job titles like Subsea Intervention Engineer, Project Engineer, Computer Engineer, Industrial Engineer, Chemical Engineer, Mechanical Engineer self sponsor through the EB1 category.<\/p>\n<p>In order to qualify for EB1 classification, you must be able to prove you meet three out of the following ten items:<\/p>\n<p>Receipt of lesser nationally or internationally recognized prizes or awards for excellence;<br \/>\nMembership in associations in the field that demand outstanding achievement of their members, as judged by recognized national or international experts;<br \/>\nPublished material about the alien in professional or major trade publications;<br \/>\nEvidence that the alien is a judge of the work of others in the field;<br \/>\nEvidence of the alien\u2019s original contributions of major significance to the field;<br \/>\nAuthorship of scholarly articles;<br \/>\nDisplay of the alien\u2019s work at artistic exhibitions or showcases;<br \/>\nEvidence the alien has performed in a leading or critical role for organizations that have a distinguished reputation;<br \/>\nEvidence that the alien commands a high salary in relation to others in the field; or<br \/>\nEvidence of commercial success in the performing arts.<\/p>\n<p>None of our clients have sufficient documentation to argue all of these elements and it is not necessary to meet all of them, only three.\u00a0 We typically have enough documentation to argue 4-5 and as long as we can prove three, that is enough.\u00a0 Typically managers like IT Managers, Project Managers and other people in the business field have similar types of experience and accomplishments.\u00a0 Awards are rare and usually company specific and none have any artistic exhibitions or performing art success.\u00a0 However, most of our clients do judge the work of the peers in the form of performance evaluations, business proposals, or by managing specific projects.\u00a0 Most of our clients are able to show that projects that they have managed or lead are significant and have made an impact in the field.\u00a0 Many projects result in economic benefits, job creation, market share increase or other specific benefits.\u00a0\u00a0 Managers by definition are leadership positions.\u00a0 Most of our clients are able to show that their role was leading or critical in their organization.\u00a0 These are the most common types and if you have made accomplishments in these three areas, then you may have a good EB1 case.<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to call us at 305-515-0613 or email us at <a class=\"moz-txt-link-abbreviated\" href=\"mailto:info@messersmithlaw.com\">info@messersmithlaw.com<\/a>\u00a0for an evaluation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EB1 Extraordinary Ability Petitions for Engineers The EB1 extraordinary ability green card allows anyone in the arts, sciences, business, education or athletics to sponsor their own green card.\u00a0 No job offer or labor certification is required.\u00a0 The requirements for this category are quite high but not insurmountable.\u00a0 Our office has handled thousands of immigration cases &#8230; 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