A foreign company employed me remotely, but I never lived there. Does that count for the EB-1C?

The EB-1C was designed to transfer executives and managers from multinational companies to an operation in the United States. It presupposes that the candidate worked abroad, in an executive or managerial capacity, for a qualifying period, within a corporate group tied to a U.S. entity.

Having been hired purely on a remote basis, without ever having lived or actually worked on-site with the foreign company, tends not to fit. The category depends on two elements that isolated remote work typically cannot sustain:

• The genuinely executive or managerial nature of your role.
• An effective and ongoing corporate relationship between the foreign company and its U.S. counterpart.

Because the assessment depends on the specifics of your background and the companies’ structure, avoid jumping to conclusions: confirm the current requirements at the official source (USCIS) and evaluate your case with a specialist.

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