USCIS Issues New Guidance on EB-1 Eligibility Criteria for Individuals with Extraordinary Ability

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.

Read here for the full announcement: https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/alerts/uscis-issues-new-guidance-on-eb-1-eligibility-criteria-for-individuals-with-extraordinary-ability

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