Guides
EB-1A for software engineers, doctors, and 18 more professions
USCIS names five fields: sciences, arts, education, business, and athletics. There is no official list of jobs. Same ten criteria. Different files. Educational notes. Not a prediction of approval.
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Sciences
EB-1A for software engineers
EB-1A for software engineers: patents, open source, staff roles, judging. No PhD required. Same 10 criteria, including engineers born in India. Free check. Not a USCIS decision.
EB-1A for data scientists and ML engineers
EB-1A for data scientists and ML engineers. A shipped model is usually job duties. What counts: methods others used, conference judging. Free check.
EB-1A for researchers and postdocs
EB-1A for researchers and postdocs. Papers help; citation count is not a USCIS criterion. Self-petition. Free check. Not a prediction of approval.
EB-1A for biologists
How biologists document original contributions, publications, and independent use in the life sciences, not only a lab job.
EB-1A for physicists
How physicists show original contributions and scholarly record for EB-1A, including experimental and theoretical work.
EB-1A for epidemiologists
How epidemiologists map studies, guidelines, and public-health impact to the ten criteria, and what looks like ordinary professional work.
EB-1A for doctors and physicians
EB-1A for doctors: papers and use outside your hospital matter. A job is not this category. Same 10 USCIS criteria. Free check. Not a USCIS decision.
EB-1A for AI engineers
Can AI engineers get EB-1A? Same 10 criteria. Papers, adopted models, judging, and a critical role can matter. No PhD required. Free check. Not a USCIS decision.
EB-1A for staff and principal engineers
EB-1A for staff engineers and principal engineers, including a file with no publications. The title is not a criterion. Free check. Not a USCIS decision.
EB-1A for cloud architects
EB-1A for cloud architects: adopted architecture, standards, a critical role, judging. A certification is not a criterion. Free check. Not a USCIS decision.
Arts
EB-1A for musicians
In the arts, exhibitions and performing-arts commercial success can apply directly. Chart, tour, and critical coverage matter more than a teaching job.
EB-1A for visual artists
How visual artists use exhibitions, published material, and original contributions, juried display is a real criterion here, not N/A.
EB-1A for filmmakers
How directors, producers, and film artists document festivals, critical coverage, and commercial success in the performing arts.
Education
Business
EB-1A for entrepreneurs and founders
EB-1A for founders: a funding round is not an award. How original contributions and press about you map to 10 criteria. Free check.
EB-1A for executives
How executives document a leading or critical role and original business contributions, without treating a C-title as extraordinary ability.
EB-1A for consultants
How consultants show original contributions and a critical role, client delivery alone is usually not enough.
EB-1A for product managers
EB-1A for product managers. Shipping a roadmap is not a criterion. Critical role, adopted work, press, and salary are the usual boxes. Free check. Not a USCIS decision.