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EB1B Outstanding
Researchers/Professors Legal Requirements University professors or researchers and researchers in a private organization may apply for EB1B Outstanding Researchers/Professors if the following legal requirements are met.  Receives
an offer of employment from a prospective United States employer. The
offer of employment shall be in the form of a letter from:(1) A United States university or institution of higher learning offering the alien a tenured or tenure-track teaching position in the alien's academic field; (2) A United States university or institution of higher learning offering the alien a permanent research position in the alien's academic field; or (3) A department, division, or institute of a private employer offering the alien a permanent research position in the alien's academic field. The department, division, or institute must demonstrate that it employs at least three persons in fulltime research positions, and that it has achieved documented accomplishments in an academic field. Evidence
that the alien has at least three years of experience in teaching and/or
research in the academic field. Experience in teaching or research while
working on an advanced degree will only be acceptable if the alien has
acquired the degree.Evidence
that the professor or researcher is recognized internationally as
outstanding in the academic field specified in the petition.Document Preparation Suggestions Based on our approved cases, the following documents sport an EB1B application (i) Documentation of the alien's receipt of major prizes or awards for outstanding achievement in the academic field (ii) Documentation of the alien's membership in associations in the academic field which require outstanding achievements of their members (iii) Published material in professional publications written by others about the alien's work in the academic field. Such material shall include the title, date, and author of the material, and any necessary translation (iv) Evidence of the alien's participation, either individually or on a panel, as the judge of the work of others in the same or an allied academic field (v) Evidence of the alien's original scientific or scholarly research contributions to the academic field (vi) Evidence of the alien's authorship of scholarly books or articles (in scholarly journals with international circulation) in the academic field
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