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A petition for a multinational executive or manager must be accompanied by a statement from an authorized official of the petitioning United States employer which demonstrates that:

• If the alien is outside the United States, in the three years immediately preceding the filing of the petition the alien has been employed outside the United States for at least one year in a managerial or executive capacity by a firm or corporation, or other legal entity, or by an affiliate or subsidiary of such a firm or corporation or other legal entity; or
 
• If the alien is already in the United States working for the same employer or a subsidiary or affiliate of the firm or corporation, or other legal entity by which the alien was employed overseas, in the three years preceding entry as a Nonimmigrant, the alien was employed by the entity abroad for at least one year in a managerial or executive capacity;
 
• The prospective employer in the United States is the same employer or a subsidiary or affiliate of the firm or corporation or other legal entity by which the alien was employed overseas; and
 
• The prospective United States employer has been doing business for at least one year.

• Alien of Extraordinary Ability (EB1)
• Outstanding Professor or Researcher (EB1)
• Multinational Executive or Manager (EB1)
• National Interest Waiver (EB2)
• Schedule A Occupations: Professional Nurses, Physical Therapists, etc.
• Immigrant Investor (EB5)