I get asked about EB-1 Visas A LOT...
Well, here's some good news- USCIS has clarified and expanded the type of evidence that they are willing to accept to confirm 'extraordinary ability', specifically:
- Confirms that we [USCIS] consider a person’s receipt of team awards under the criterion for lesser nationally or internationally recognized prizes or awards for excellence in the field of endeavor;
- Clarifies that we consider past memberships under the membership criterion;
- Removes language suggesting published material must demonstrate the value of the person’s work and contributions to satisfy the published material criterion; and
- Explains that while the dictionary defines an “exhibition” as a public showing not limited to art, the relevant regulation expressly modifies that term with “artistic,” such that we will only consider non-artistic exhibitions as part of a properly supported claim of comparable evidence.