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What goes in the I-140 with no US employer or income?

Key answer

When self-petitioning, the I-140 lists your occupation, occupation code and intended work; foreign income gets an explanatory note or attachment clarifying it is past income from another country. The community shares line-by-line part 6 examples - the key is that the form must not contradict the petition.

Community answers

The answers below are translated from the original Russian - the language of the community chats.

  • Self-petition for EB-1A: it is a great idea to include an explanation about foreign income as additional information at the end of the form - that it pertains to previous years. That's what I did.

  • I filled out part 6 like this: position, code from the employment directory, a sentence describing the position, and I indicated my salary in part 5. Without an employer, this is filled out based on your own planned occupation.

  • Self-petition EB-1A: I provided additional information at the end of the form explaining foreign income - that this is for past years.

  • I filled out part 6 like this: position, code from the professions directory, one sentence describing the position; I indicated my salary in part 5.

The answers are anonymized community experience from the public chats, not legal advice. Officers may decide similar cases differently.

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