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EB1 Green Card – (viii) Leading or Critical Role

Welcome to our EB1 green card presentation series

In this presentation, we’re going to focus on the EB1 green card category of ‘Leading and Critical Role’ that you may have played in your career to date.

The actual official wording of this category is:

(viii) Evidence that the alien has performed in a leading or critical role for organizations or establishments that have a distinguished reputation;

You may recall from the EB1 green card introductory presentation where I summarized each of the categories, I rephrased this category as follows:

(viii) Leading/Critical Role – Could you provide or develop documentation to show that you have performed a leading or critical role for organizations or establishments that have a distinguished reputation?

One of the common attributes that most EB1 green card applicants share is that they have played leading or critical roles in various organizations. It would be very unusual for us to put together an EB1 green card case together without the ‘Leading and Critical Role’ category being one of them.

Ok – let’s talk about the EB1 green card ‘Leading Role’ and the EB1 green card ‘Critical Role’.

EB1 Green Card Leading Role:

Look at your career to date and see what types of leading roles you’ve had. For example, have you lead a team, project managed, directed or been responsible for the performance of other people in your organization? EB1 green card adjudicators are looking for examples where your leadership has played an important part of the organization’s function. We work with many EB1 green card clients who are senior managers in the corporate world, who run important departments and whose leadership skills are counted on daily. We have worked with EB1 green card candidates who were brought in to various companies to trouble shoot their problems and resolve them. We’ve also worked with EB1 green card candidates who were brought in to help a particular company select the right candidate for a very technical role.

EB1 Green Card Critical Role:

There is no hard and fast rule to decide whether a role is leading or critical, but there are some differences we can discuss here. Let’s take the film industry, for example, and look at the awards that are given out each year – “And best costume designer goes to…” “And best sound effects goes to… “And best score goes to…” – all of these roles and many more could be considered as critical roles, so much so, that special industry awards are given in recognition of their critical value to the overall project. Not all awards events recognize the same talents. For example, the Screen Actors Guild Awards recognize stunt teams, but the Oscars do not. Set designers, make up artists, photographers, models and so many others, play a leading or critical role in various projects.

In the sciences, the same principles apply. We take a comprehensive look at the work that the alien has done and make an assessment to see how best to craft their profile to fit the statutory requirements, that is, as to whether the role performed was leading and/or critical to the overall success of the company. Each case is unique as everyone’s journey to the top is unique. Sometimes the biggest obstacle is the client’s own self-disbelief that they truly qualify. Only an experienced EB1 green card Immigration attorney is best placed to make that determination.

We will tell you whether you qualify or whether you almost qualify within any given EB1 green card category, and then we’ll work with you so that everything is documented to the standards required by US Immigration.

Distinguished Organizations:

It is also very important for any leading or critical role being considered within this category of the EB1 green card, that the organization has a great reputation in the field and be regarded as quite distinguished.

We hope you have enjoyed this in depth presentation on the (viii) ‘Leading and Critical Role’ category.

In the next presentation, we’ll examine the (ix) ‘High Pay’ category.

Checkout these EB1 green card categories below. If you can satisfy three categories, then you may just qualify for your green card. Good luck.

EB1 – Green Card – Checklist Summary

EB1 – One Time International Award

EB1 – Visa Award Nomination or Win

EB1 – Invited Memberships

EB1 – Publications About You

EB1 – Participation on Judging Panel

EB1 – Innovation or Invention

EB1 – Published Scholarly Articles

B1 – Exhibitions and Showcases

EB1 – Leading or Critical Roles

EB1 – High Salary or Remuneration

EB1 – Commercial Success in Arts

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EB1 – Ok Let’s Get Started

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