I managed a digital marketing team. Does that qualify for EB-1C?

It may qualify, but the deciding factor is not the department — it is the level of the role. The EB-1C is the green card for executives and managers of multinational companies transferred to a U.S. operation, and what it evaluates is whether you actually performed managerial or executive functions, regardless of which department you worked in.

If your digital marketing supervision was a leadership position — managing a team, holding authority over a defined area, and making decisions that affected the company’s operations — it tends to align with the EB-1C profile. The key is having directed people, budgets, or a significant organizational function, not merely mastered the technical side of the work.

On the other hand, if the role was essentially technical or operational — running campaigns without managerial responsibility over a team or strategy — it will likely not fit the category. The job title matters less than the substance of the responsibilities you actually carried out.

• What counts is the managerial or executive nature of the function, not the marketing focus.
• Team leadership and strategic decision-making bring the profile closer to EB-1C.
• A purely technical or operational role typically falls outside the category.

It is worth mapping your actual responsibilities with a specialist and confirming the current requirements at the official source (USCIS) to determine whether EB-1C is the best path or whether another category fits your profile better.

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