EB-1 Visa Attorneys in Silver Spring, MD

Three EB-1 Paths, One Honest Assessment of Where You Stand

The employment-based first preference category, known as EB-1, can offer one of the faster routes to a green card for workers who qualify. It covers three distinct groups: individuals with extraordinary ability in their field (EB-1A), outstanding professors and researchers (EB-1B), and multinational managers or executives (EB-1C). Which path fits your career record, and whether any of them is realistic for you right now, is exactly what our attorneys help you work out before you file anything.

Murray Osorio PLLC is a full-service immigration law firm with an office in Silver Spring, Maryland, and additional offices in Fairfax, Virginia, and Newark, New Jersey. Our team represents individuals, families, and businesses nationwide across the full range of immigration matters, including employment-based green cards.

EB-1 Eligibility: What Each Category Requires

Each of the three EB-1 categories has its own eligibility standard, and none requires PERM labor certification, which is one reason this category can move faster than most employment-based routes.

EB-1A: Extraordinary Ability

To qualify, an applicant must show sustained national or international acclaim through either a single major internationally recognized award or evidence satisfying at least 3 of 10 regulatory criteria, such as published original contributions, high-salary evidence, or judging the work of others. EB-1A is also the only category that permits self-petitioning: no employer sponsor or job offer is required.

EB-1B: Outstanding Professor or Researcher

This category requires an employer sponsor and evidence meeting at least 2 of 6 regulatory criteria. It’s designed for academic researchers and professors with international recognition in a specific discipline, and the sponsoring employer must offer a permanent research or teaching position.

EB-1C: Multinational Manager or Executive

Applicants must have worked for a qualifying overseas affiliate, parent, or subsidiary in a managerial or executive role for at least one of the three years preceding the petition. The U.S. employer files the petition, and the role in the United States must also be managerial or executive in nature.

Why Silver Spring-Area Clients Work with Murray Osorio PLLC

We don’t run EB-1 petitions through a checklist. Our attorneys take time to understand each client’s career, long-term immigration goals, and constraints, then build a strategy around those specifics. If EB-1 is the right path, we can tell you why and how to document it. If the record doesn’t support EB-1 today, we can say so directly and walk through other employment-based options, including the EB-2 National Interest Waiver, rather than push a petition that isn’t ready.

Our team includes attorneys with backgrounds in Pakistan, Russia, and Mexico, several with firsthand immigration experience of their own. We work in English, Spanish, French, Russian, and Amharic. Our attorneys have received recognition including Best Lawyers 2024 and Super Lawyers, and we’ve helped hundreds of individuals and families navigate the U.S. immigration process.