If the petitioner is a company or organization, enter its complete legal business name. If an individual is permitted to file the petition, enter that person's legal name.

Provide the petitioner's complete mailing address, including In Care Of Name where applicable, street number and name, suite or floor, city, state, ZIP Code, province, postal code and country.

If the petitioner is a U.S. employer or entity, enter the IRS Employer Identification Number requested by the form.

If an individual petitioner is filing and the field applies, provide the petitioner's U.S. Social Security Number.

Enter the petitioner's USCIS Online Account Number if one has been assigned. This is different from a receipt number or A-Number.

Use the extraordinary ability classification for a qualifying individual with sustained national or international acclaim in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics. A permanent job offer is not required for this classification.

Use this classification for a qualifying professor or researcher recognized internationally as outstanding who meets the experience and permanent-position requirements.

Use this classification for a qualifying multinational manager or executive who meets the required foreign employment and corporate relationship criteria.

Use the applicable EB-2 classification when the beneficiary is a member of the professions holding an advanced degree or has exceptional ability in sciences, arts or business.

Select the NIW option when the petitioner requests waiver of the job-offer and labor-certification requirements in the national interest. A qualifying individual may self-petition.

Use the professional category when the offered occupation requires at least a U.S. bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent and the beneficiary meets the applicable requirements.

Use this category for permanent employment requiring at least two years of training or experience when the beneficiary meets the certified job requirements.

Use this classification for qualifying permanent, nonseasonal work requiring less than two years of training or experience.

If this petition is being filed to amend a previously filed Form I-140, select the applicable option and provide the prior petition receipt number.

Select the Schedule A option only when the offered occupation and case qualify under the applicable Department of Labor Schedule A rules.

A qualifying extraordinary-ability beneficiary may file the I-140 without a U.S. employer filing on their behalf. The petition must establish that the beneficiary meets the applicable extraordinary-ability standard and intends to continue work in the area of extraordinary ability.

This category requires a qualifying U.S. employer, international recognition as outstanding, at least three years of qualifying teaching or research experience, and the qualifying permanent position.

The petition must establish the qualifying relationship between the U.S. and foreign entities, the required period of qualifying foreign employment, and the managerial or executive nature of the U.S. position.

The beneficiary generally must possess the required advanced degree, or a bachelor's degree followed by the qualifying progressive experience, and meet the requirements of the offered position.

The petition must establish exceptional ability in sciences, arts or business under the applicable USCIS criteria.

A National Interest Waiver asks USCIS to waive the usual permanent job-offer and labor-certification requirements because granting the waiver is in the national interest.

The certified permanent position must require at least two years of training or experience, and the beneficiary must satisfy those requirements.

The occupation must require at least a U.S. bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent degree, and the beneficiary must possess the qualifying degree.

This classification applies to qualifying permanent work requiring less than two years of training or experience.

Provide the beneficiary's Family Name, Given Name and Middle Name exactly as shown in legal identity documents.

Provide the beneficiary's complete current mailing address.

Enter the beneficiary's actual date of birth.

Enter the beneficiary's country of birth.

Enter the beneficiary's current country of citizenship or nationality.

Enter the beneficiary's Alien Registration Number if one has been assigned.

Enter the beneficiary's U.S. Social Security Number if one has been issued. Do not enter a foreign identification or tax number.

Enter the date of the beneficiary's most recent arrival in the United States.

Enter the beneficiary's Form I-94 Arrival/Departure Record number.

Enter the expiration date shown on the I-94, or the applicable notation such as D/S when that is what the immigration record shows.

Enter the beneficiary's status or class of admission shown by the relevant I-94 record.

Enter the passport number associated with the applicable entry.

Enter a travel-document number if one was used instead of or in addition to a passport.

Provide the country that issued the passport or travel document.

Enter the expiration date of the applicable passport or travel document.

Provide the city or town and country of the U.S. Embassy or Consulate where immigrant visa processing is expected.

Provide the beneficiary's current country of residence abroad, or if currently in the United States, the last country of permanent residence abroad as requested.

If a U.S. address was provided for the beneficiary, complete the foreign-address fields required in Part 4.

If the beneficiary's native written language does not use Roman letters, provide the name and foreign address in the native alphabet as requested.

Answer whether the beneficiary is currently in removal proceedings. If Yes, provide complete information in the additional-information section where required.

Indicate whether another petition or application is being submitted together with this Form I-140.

Describe the petitioner's type of business or organization.

Provide the date the petitioning business was established.

Enter the current number of U.S. employees as required by the form.

Enter the petitioner's gross annual income using accurate business financial records.

Enter the net annual income requested by the form using the petitioner's actual financial documentation.

Enter the North American Industry Classification System code that accurately describes the petitioner's primary business activity.

Where the form applies to an individual petitioner, provide the petitioner's occupation and annual income.

If the classification requires permanent labor certification, enter the Department of Labor case number from the certified application.

Enter the date the labor certification application was filed with the Department of Labor. This date can also establish the employment-based priority date in applicable cases.

Where applicable, enter the expiration date shown on the certified labor certification and ensure the I-140 is filed within the required validity period.

Certain classifications, including EB-1 extraordinary ability and National Interest Waiver cases, do not require an individual permanent labor certification. Other exemptions or Schedule A procedures may also apply.

Enter the title of the permanent position offered to the beneficiary, or the appropriate proposed occupational role where the category permits self-petitioning.

Enter the applicable Standard Occupational Classification code for the proposed employment.

Describe the proposed job duties in clear, nontechnical language that accurately reflects the position.

Enter the offered wage and specify whether the amount is paid per hour, week, month or year as requested.

Provide the city or town, state and ZIP Code of the location where the beneficiary will work, as required by the current form.

For each spouse or child, provide Family Name, Given Name and Middle Name.

Enter the dependent's actual date of birth.

Enter the dependent's country of birth.

Identify whether the person is the beneficiary's spouse, son or daughter as applicable.

Indicate whether the signatory read and understood the petition personally or used an interpreter. Also identify whether a preparer assisted with the petition where applicable.

If the petitioner is an organization, provide the full legal name of the individual authorized to sign for the entity.

Enter the authorized signatory's official position or title within the petitioning organization.

Provide the daytime telephone number, mobile telephone number and email address where requested.

Read the declaration and certification carefully. The petitioner or authorized signatory certifies that the petition and submitted evidence are true and correct.

Provide the interpreter's Family Name and Given Name.

Provide the interpreter's business or organization name if applicable.

Provide the complete interpreter mailing address.

Provide the interpreter's daytime telephone, mobile telephone and email address where applicable.

The interpreter certifies fluency in English and the language used to interpret the petition and signs and dates the certification.

Provide the preparer's Family Name and Given Name.

Provide the preparer's business or organization name if applicable.

Provide the mailing address, telephone numbers and email address requested by the form.

If the preparer is an attorney or accredited representative, complete the applicable representation information and submit Form G-28 when required.

The preparer signs and dates the certification confirming that the petition was prepared at the petitioner's request.

Provide the identifying information requested at the top of the additional-information page.

For every additional answer, identify the exact Page Number, Part Number and Item Number.

If additional space is required, follow the USCIS instructions for extra sheets, identify the relevant page, part and item, and sign and date additional pages where required.

Submit evidence establishing every legal requirement for the exact EB-1, EB-2 or EB-3 classification selected in Part 2.

When required, submit the certified permanent labor certification and all information required by the applicable filing rules.

Employer-sponsored cases may require evidence establishing the petitioner's continuing ability to pay the proffered wage from the applicable priority date onward.

Provide diplomas, transcripts, employment letters, experience evidence, licenses or other records needed to show that the beneficiary meets the requirements of the immigrant classification and offered position.

For EB-1 cases, submit the evidence required for extraordinary ability, outstanding professor or researcher, or multinational manager/executive classification.

For NIW cases, submit evidence establishing both the underlying EB-2 qualification and the legal requirements for waiver of the job offer and labor certification.

Provide documents establishing the qualifying ownership, control and relationship between the U.S. petitioner and the foreign entity.

Every foreign-language document submitted to USCIS must include the required complete English translation and translator certification.