Employment-Based Green Cards
Employment-Based Green Cards
Strategic pathways to U.S. permanent residency for executives, founders, skilled professionals, exceptional talent, and investors.
Strategic pathways to U.S. permanent residency for executives, founders, skilled professionals, exceptional talent, and investors.
EB-5 Immigrant Investors
EB-5 Immigrant Investors
For investors who place qualifying capital into a U.S. enterprise.
For investors who place qualifying capital into a U.S. enterprise.
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EB-4 Special Immigrants
EB-4 Special Immigrants
For specific groups defined by law, including certain religious workers and special immigrant juveniles.
For specific groups defined by law, including certain religious workers and special immigrant juveniles.
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EB-3 Skilled Workers & Professionals
EB-3 Skilled Workers & Professionals
For skilled workers, degreed professionals, and certain other workers filling roles a U.S. employer needs.
For skilled workers, degreed professionals, and certain other workers filling roles a U.S. employer needs.
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EB-2 Advanced Degrees & Exceptional Ability
EB-2 Advanced Degrees & Exceptional Ability
For professionals holding an advanced degree (or its equivalent) or with exceptional ability.
For professionals holding an advanced degree (or its equivalent) or with exceptional ability.
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EB-1 Priority Workers
EB-1 Priority Workers
For people at the very top of their field: extraordinary ability, outstanding professors and researchers, and multinational executives and managers
For people at the very top of their field: extraordinary ability, outstanding professors and researchers, and multinational executives and managers
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Advantages
Advantages
Family Inclusion
Residency extends to your spouse and unmarried children under 21.
Career Freedom
Change jobs, start a company, or relocate without risking your status.
Permanent Status
Live, work, and invest anywhere in the U.S., with a path to citizenship.
Advantages
First-preference priority
The largest share of employment-based green cards
Self-petition option
EB-1A applicants can petition on their own with no employer and no job offer required.
Permanent Status
Live, work, and invest anywhere in the U.S., with a path to citizenship.
Self-Sponsored vs.
Employer-Sponsored
Self-Sponsored vs.
Employer-Sponsored
The path depends on whether you petition for yourself or a U.S. employer sponsors you.
The path depends on whether you petition for yourself or a U.S. employer sponsors you.
Self-Sponsored
Employer-Sponsored
Employer- Sponsored
For:
EB-1B, EB-1C, EB-2, EB-3
Who files the petition:
A U.S. employer files on your behalf.
Job offer required:
Yes. Permanent, full-time role with the sponsoring employer.
PERM labor certification:
Required for EB-2 and EB-3; EB-1B and EB-1C are exempt.
Trade-off:
Your employer drives and funds the process, but the petition is tied to that employer and role.
Self-Sponsored
Employer-Sponsored
Employer- Sponsored
For:
EB-1B, EB-1C, EB-2, EB-3
Who files the petition:
A U.S. employer files on your behalf.
Job offer required:
Yes. Permanent, full-time role with the sponsoring employer.
PERM labor certification:
Required for EB-2 and EB-3; EB-1B and EB-1C are exempt.
Trade-off:
Your employer drives and funds the process, but the petition is tied to that employer and role.
Our Green Card Roadmap
Our Green Card Roadmap
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Strategic Planning & Category Selection
We evaluate your credentials, goals, and country of birth to pinpoint the strongest-fit category for your situation and the cleanest route to it.
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Strategy
We evaluate your credentials, goals, and country of birth to pinpoint the strongest-fit category for your situation and the cleanest route to it.
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PERM Labor Certification (If Required)
For most EB-2 and EB-3 cases, we guide your employer through the Department of Labor's required recruitment and labor-market test.
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2. PERM Labor Certification (If Required)
For most EB-2 and EB-3 cases, we guide your employer through the Department of Labor's required recruitment and labor-market test.
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The I-140 Petition Filing
We file a meticulously documented petition with USCIS establishing your eligibility.
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3. I-140 filing
We file a meticulously documented petition with USCIS establishing your eligibility.
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Final step
Once your priority date is current, we file the adjustment of status from inside the U.S., or consular processing abroad.
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4. Final step
Once your priority date is current, we file the adjustment of status from inside the U.S., or consular processing abroad.
How We Work
How We Work
A deliberately limited caseload
We take on fewer matters than a high-volume firm, by design. Your case receives focused, senior-level attention, not a place in a queue of hundreds.
Every filing reviewed, then reviewed again
Before anything reaches the government, it passes through a careful, multi-step review. The small errors and inconsistencies that trigger Requests for Evidence, delays, and denials are precisely what that process is built to catch.
Direct access to your attorney
You work with the attorney handling your case from start to finish, clear answers, proactive updates, one point of accountability, not a rotating cast of assistants.
A deliberately limited caseload
We take on fewer matters than a high-volume firm, by design. Your case receives focused, senior-level attention, not a place in a queue of hundreds.
Every filing reviewed, then reviewed again
Before anything reaches the government, it passes through a careful, multi-step review. The small errors and inconsistencies that trigger Requests for Evidence, delays, and denials are precisely what that process is built to catch.
Direct access to your attorney
You work with the attorney handling your case from start to finish, clear answers, proactive updates, one point of accountability, not a rotating cast of assistants.
Already Here on a Work Visa?
Already Here on a Work Visa?
A work visa is often the first step toward permanent residency. Whether you're here on an H-1B, L-1A, O-1, E-2, or another category, we'll help you find the green card path that fits your qualifications and goals.
A work visa is often the first step toward permanent residency. Whether you're here on an H-1B, L-1A, O-1, E-2, or another category, we'll help you find the green card path that fits your qualifications and goals.
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The content on this website is for informational purposes only, does not constitute legal advice, and does not establish an attorney-client relationship until a formal engagement agreement is signed. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes.
© 2016-2026 Mamdani Law. All Rights Reserved.
The content on this website is for informational purposes only, does not constitute legal advice, and does not establish an attorney-client relationship until a formal engagement agreement is signed. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes.
© 2016-2026 Mamdani Law. All Rights Reserved.
The content on this website is for informational purposes only, does not constitute legal advice, and does not establish an attorney-client relationship until a formal engagement agreement is signed. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes.