USCIS Issues New Guidance on EB-1 Eligibility Criteria for Individuals with Extraordinary Ability

• Confirms that we consider a person’s receipt of team awards under the criterion for lesser nationally or internationally recognized prizes or awards for excellence in the field of endeavor;
• Clarifies that we consider past memberships under the membership criterion;
• Removes language suggesting published material must demonstrate the value of the person’s work and contributions to satisfy the published material criterion; and
• Explains that while the dictionary defines an “exhibition” as a public showing not limited to art, the relevant regulation expressly modifies that term with “artistic,” such that we will only consider non-artistic exhibitions as part of a properly supported claim of comparable evidence.

Link: https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/alerts/uscis-issues-new-guidance-on-eb-1-eligibility-criteria-for-individuals-with-extraordinary-ability, dated October 2, 2024 1:08 pm