EB-1C Green Card for Multinational

Advantages:

No Labor Certification is required.

Who Qualifies:

A U.S. employer, which is a multinational business, or the U.S. subsidiary or affiliate of a multinational business may file I-140 Petitions on behalf of alien employees who qualify under USCIS definitions as executives or managers.

A “multinational business” is one which conducts business in two or more countries, one of which is the U.S. The U.S. employer must have been doing business for a least one year.

To qualify as an Executive, the worker must:

1. Direct the management of the organization or a major component or function of the organization;

2. Establish the goals and policies of the organization, component or function;

3. Exercise wide latitude in discretionary decision making; and

4. Receive only general supervision from higher level executives, the board of directors, or stockholders of the organization.

To qualify as a Manager, the worker must:

1. Manage the organization, or a department, subdivision, function, or component of the organization;

2. Supervise and control the work of other supervisory, professional, or managerial employees, or manages an essential function within the organization, or a department or subdivision of the organization;

3. Have the authority to hire and fire supervised employees, or recommend them for promotion or other personnel action, or (if there are no immediate supervisees) function at a senior level within the organizational hierarchy; and

4. Exercise direction over the day to day operations of the activity or function over which the worker has authority.