EB-1 Priority Worker (Immigrant)
🇺🇸 United States visas · Work
What it is
First-preference employment-based immigrant visa for individuals with extraordinary ability, outstanding professors and researchers, and certain multinational managers and executives.
Key facts
- Category
- Work
- Duration
- Permanent residence (Green Card)
- Processing time
- 12 months
- Path to permanent residence
- Direct route
- Dependants
- Yes
- How to apply
- Embassy
Standard figures for this route. Some applicants pay a reduced fee or none at all, so confirm your own case on the official page.
Fees
- Application fee
- USD 345
Key requirements
- Extraordinary ability: sustained national or international acclaim with extensive documentation
- Outstanding professor/researcher: 3+ years experience and international recognition
- Multinational manager/executive: 1 year managerial employment abroad with related entity
- Job offer required except for extraordinary ability sub-category
- Approved I-140 petition by USCIS
Working on this visa
Lawful permanent residents are authorized to be employed without restrictions as to location or type of employment (8 CFR 274a.12(a)(1)).
Facts checked against the official source. Last updated 1 August 2026.