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.
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.
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.
Advantages
Advantages
Permanent Status
Permanent Status
End your dependence on temporary visas and employer sponsorship. Permanent residency lets you live, work, and invest anywhere in the U.S. — and it's the foundation for eventual U.S. citizenship.
End your dependence on temporary visas and employer sponsorship. Permanent residency lets you live, work, and invest anywhere in the U.S. — and it's the foundation for eventual U.S. citizenship.
Career Freedom
Career Freedom
You're no longer tied to a single sponsoring employer or role. Change jobs, start a company, or relocate freely, without putting your immigration status at risk.
You're no longer tied to a single sponsoring employer or role. Change jobs, start a company, or relocate freely, without putting your immigration status at risk.
Family Inclusion
Family Inclusion
Your spouse and unmarried children under 21 receive permanent residency alongside you, with full work authorization and access to U.S. education.
Your spouse and unmarried children under 21 receive permanent residency alongside you, with full work authorization and access to U.S. education.
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
Self-Sponsored
For:
For:
Founders, elite talent, and entrepreneurs holding advanced degrees or exceptional abilities. (EB-1A & EB-2 NIW)
Who files the petition:
Who files the petition:
You file on your own behalf.
Job offer required:
Job offer required:
No — no employer or job offer is needed.
PERM labor certification:
PERM labor certification:
Not required.
Trade-off:
Trade-off:
You control the filing and aren't tied to any employer, but you carry the burden of proving your own eligibility.
Employer-Sponsored
Employer-Sponsored
For:
For:
Executives, managers, professionals, and skilled workers sponsored by a U.S. employer. (EB-1B, EB-1C, EB-2, EB-3)
Who files the petition:
Who files the petition:
A U.S. employer files on your behalf.
Job offer required:
Job offer required:
Yes — a permanent, full-time role with the sponsoring employer.
PERM labor certification:
PERM labor certification:
Required for EB-2 and EB-3; EB-1B and EB-1C are exempt.
Trade-off:
Trade-off:
Your employer drives and funds the process, but the petition is tied to that employer and role (with some added flexibility later in the process).
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.
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.
How We Work
How We Work
A deliberately limited caseload
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
Our Green Card Roadmap
Our Green Card Roadmap
1
Strategic Planning & Category Selection.
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.
We evaluate your credentials, goals, and country of birth to pinpoint the strongest-fit category for your situation — and the cleanest route to it.
2
PERM Labor Certification (If Required)
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.
For most EB-2 and EB-3 cases, we guide your employer through the Department of Labor's required recruitment and labor-market test.
3
The I-140 Petition Filing
The I-140 Petition Filing
The heart of the case. We file a meticulously documented petition with USCIS establishing your eligibility.
The heart of the case. We file a meticulously documented petition with USCIS establishing your eligibility.
4
Final Application (I-485 / Consular)
Final Application (I-485 / Consular)
Once your priority date is current, we file the final step — adjustment of status from inside the U.S., or consular processing abroad.
Once your priority date is current, we file the final step — adjustment of status from inside the U.S., or consular processing abroad.
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.
© 2016-2026 Mamdani Law. All Rights Reserved.