The EB-1B is the employment-based first preference green card for outstanding professors and researchers. Unlike EB-1A, EB-1B is employer-sponsored — a university or qualifying private employer files the petition and offers a permanent research or teaching position. Unlike EB-2 and EB-3, EB-1B does not require PERM Labor Certification, which cuts the typical employment-based timeline by six to twelve months.

This 18-page plain-language Playbook walks through the full EB-1B strategy: who qualifies as an outstanding professor or researcher, the six regulatory criteria explained with evidence examples, the Kazarian two-step framework United States Citizenship and Immigration Services applies, the three-year experience requirement, what makes a qualifying job offer and a qualifying employer (including the three-full-time-researcher rule for private employers), the I-140 petition package and expert letter strategy, how adjustment of status or consular processing completes the case, how EB-1B compares to EB-1A for academics, the H-1B/O-1/J-1 bridge (including the J-1 212(e) waiver complication), and what to do when something goes wrong.

What’s inside

What EB-1B actually is
Who qualifies: the outstanding professor or researcher standard
The six regulatory criteria
The Kazarian two-step framework
The three-year experience requirement
Qualifying job offer and qualifying employer
The I-140 petition package
Concurrent I-485: adjustment of status
Consular processing for applicants abroad
EB-1B compared to EB-1A: which path for academics
Timing and the H-1B, O-1, or J-1 bridge
When something goes wrong
Resources and legal aid

18 pages. Instant download. Written by an inactive Illinois-licensed attorney with 25 years of legal experience. Not legal advice.