For EB-1C, can I be a sales manager abroad and transfer as a sales manager to the US?

Yes, it is possible, as long as your role as sales manager genuinely falls within a managerial or executive function. In the EB-1C, what matters is not the job title itself, but the actual nature of the responsibilities you hold abroad and will hold in the United States.

The EB-1C is the path for executives and managers transferred from an overseas company to a related entity or affiliate in the United States within the same corporate group. A sales manager position tends to qualify when it involves, for example:

• Supervising teams or other managers.
• Making strategic decisions.
• Managing a relevant unit, department, or operation.

Beyond the type of role, the EB-1C requires a qualifying relationship between the foreign company and the US operation and a minimum period of managerial or executive experience abroad within a recent timeframe. Since these criteria have specific requirements and are evaluated on a case-by-case basis by USCIS, avoid relying on numbers from memory: confirm the current requirements from the official source and build your documentation with a specialist, clearly demonstrating the nature of your functions.

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