The US EB-1 Green card (Einstein visa)

United States EB-1 green card:

US green card for highly cited reseachers in a nutshell

The EB-1 Employment-Based Green Card offers permanent residency in the United States to individuals who can demonstrate that they have extraordinary ability in the arts, athletics, business, education or the sciences; outstanding researchers and professors with international recognition in a specific field; or certain multinational executives or managers.

Certain types of evidence must be provided for an applicant to prove that he or she has extraordinary ability or is an outstanding researcher or professor. Examples may include major awards for achievement, citations in professional or scholarly publications, etc.

If approved for an EB-1 Employment-Based Green Card, a skilled foreign worker and his or her spouse and unmarried dependent children under 21 years of age can enjoy many benefits such as:

• Live in the USA in any of the 50 states for an unlimited period of time

• Legally work in the United States

• Study at US educational institutions

• Have the option to purchase a home and start a business in the USA

• Sponsor eligible family members for a Green Card

• Travel to and from the United States (certain regulations apply)

• Apply for American citizenship after living in the USA for 5 years

How can citations help you to get the EB-1 Green Card?

There are different criteria that EB-1 Green Card applicants can use to demonstrate that they have Extraordinary Ability or to show that they are an Outstanding Researcher or Professor, including by providing citations.

Citations may include, for example, content that an EB-1 Green Card applicant had written and published in scholarly, scientific, trade, or professional media or publications, such as books or journals.

A citation could also include, for example, content written and published about the EB-1 Green Card applicant by others, discussing their extraordinary ability or outstanding academic contribution in scholarly, scientific, trade, or professional media or publications.