A U.S. employer filing for an outstanding professor or researcher (page 1,
part 2. Petition Type, Box "b" on the form) must file the petition with:
A. Evidence that the professor or researcher is recognized internationally
as outstanding in the academic field specified in the petition. Such
evidence shall consist of at least two of the following:
1. Receipt of major prizes or awards for outstanding achievement in the
academic field;
2. Membership in associations in the academic field that require
outstanding achievements of their members;
3. Published material in professional publications written by others
about the alien's work in the academic field;
4. Participation on a panel, or individually, as the judge of the work of
others in the same or an allied academic field;
5. Original scientific or scholarly research contributions to the
academic field; or
6. Authorship of scholarly books or articles in scholarly journals with
international circulation in the academic field.
B. Evidence the beneficiary has at least 3 years of experience in teaching
and/or research in the academic field; and
C. If you are a university of other institution of higher education, an
offer of employment in the form of a letter indicating that you intend to
employ the beneficiary in a tenured or tenure-tracker position as a teacher
or in a permanent position as a researcher in the academic field; or
D. If you are a private employer, an offer of employment in the form of a
letter indicating that you intend to employ the beneficiary in a permanent
research position in the academic field, and evidence that you employ at
least there full-time researchers and have achieved documented
accomplishments in the field.
