Instructions For Petition For Nonimmigrant Worker (Form I-129) Page 21

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Write Q-1 in the classification block on the petition.
The petition must be filed with evidence showing that the employer:
1. Maintains an established international cultural exchange program;
2. Has designated a qualified employee to administer the program and serve as a liaison with USCIS;
3. Is actively doing business in the United States;
4. Will offer the beneficiary wages and working conditions comparable to those accorded local domestic workers
similarly employed; and
5. Has the financial ability to remunerate the participants.
To demonstrate that the petitioner has an established international cultural exchange program, submit program
documentation, such as catalogs, brochures, or other types of material.
To demonstrate financial ability to remunerate the participants, submit your organization’s most recent annual report,
business income tax return, or other form of certified accountant’s report.
If the proposed dates of employment are within the same calendar year of a previously approved Q-1 petition filed for the
same international cultural exchange program, a copy of the approval notice for that prior petition may be submitted in
lieu of the required evidence about the program described above.
R-1 Nonimmigrants
The R-1 classification is for aliens coming to the United States temporarily to be employed at least part time
(average of at least 20 hours per week) by a bona fide nonprofit religious organization in the United States (or a
bona fide organization that is affiliated with the religious denomination in the United States) to work:
1. Solely as a minister;
2. In a religious vocation; or
3. In a religious occupation.
To qualify, the alien must have been a member of a religious denomination that has a bona fide nonprofit religious
organization in the United States, for at least 2 years immediately preceding the filing of the petition.
Write R-1 in the classification block.
The petition must be filed by a U.S. employer with:
1. Evidence relating to the petitioning organization:
a. Currently valid determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) establishing that the organization is a
tax-exempt organization; or
b. For a religious organization that is recognized as tax-exempt under a group tax-exemption, a currently valid
determination letter from the IRS establishing that the group is tax exempt; or
c. For a bona fide organization that is affiliated with the religious denomination, if the organization was granted
tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) of 1986, or any subsequent
amendments or equivalent sections of prior enactments of the IRC, as something other than a religious
organization
(1) A currently valid determination letter from the IRS establishing that the organization is a tax-exempt
organization;
(2) Documentation that establishes the religious nature and purpose of the organization, such as a copy of the
organizing instrument of the organization that specifies the purposes of the organization;
(3) Organizational literature, such as books, articles, brochures, calendars, flyers, and other literature describing
the religious purpose and nature of the activities of the organization; and
(4) Religious Denomination Certification, which is part of the R-1 Classification Supplement to Form I-129,
completed, signed, and dated by the religious organization certifying that the petitioning organization is
affiliated with the religious denomination.
Form I-129 Instructions 01/17/17 N
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