EB-2 Advanced Degree & Exceptional Ability
EB-2 Advanced Degree & Exceptional Ability
A green card for advanced-degree professionals and individuals of exceptional ability.
A green card for advanced-degree professionals and individuals of exceptional ability.
Advantages
Advantages
Faster path
Faster path
For applicants from most countries, EB-2 has shorter wait to permanent residence.
For applicants from most countries, EB-2 has shorter wait to permanent residence.
Direct route to a green card
Direct route to a green card
Lawful permanent residence itself instead of a temporary status you later have to convert.
Lawful permanent residence itself instead of a temporary status you later have to convert.
Broad
eligibility
Broad
eligibility
Open to advanced-degree professionals and individuals of exceptional ability.
Open to advanced-degree professionals and individuals of exceptional ability.
EB-2 Paths
EB-2 Paths
EB-2 (Employer-Sponsored)
EB-2 (Employer-Sponsored)
Your employer sponsors your green card and completes the labor certification (PERM) process, confirming there's no qualified U.S. worker for the role.
Your employer sponsors your green card and completes the labor certification (PERM) process, confirming there's no qualified U.S. worker for the role.
EB-2 National Interest Waiver
EB-2 National Interest Waiver
If your work is of sufficient national importance, you can petition for yourself, no employer and no labor certification required.
If your work is of sufficient national importance, you can petition for yourself, no employer and no labor certification required.
Learn more about the NIW
National Interest Waiver
National Interest Waiver
A route within EB-2 for those whose work benefits the country enough to petition on their own.
A route within EB-2 for those whose work benefits the country enough to petition on their own.
Overview
Who Qualifies
Benefits
What Works vs. What Fails
Standard EB-2 needs an employer to sponsor you and complete labor certification (PERM). The NIW removes both: if your work benefits the U.S., you petition for yourself. It's not a separate visa, it's the same EB-2 green card, reached on your own.
Standard EB-2 needs an employer to sponsor you and complete labor certification (PERM). The NIW removes both: if your work benefits the U.S., you petition for yourself. It's not a separate visa, it's the same EB-2 green card, reached on your own.
Overview
Who Qualifies
Benefits
What Works vs. What Fails
Standard EB-2 needs an employer to sponsor you and complete labor certification (PERM). The NIW removes both: if your work benefits the U.S., you petition for yourself. It's not a separate visa, it's the same EB-2 green card, reached on your own.
Overview
Who Qualifies
Benefits
What Works vs. What Fails
Our Process
Our Process
1
Strategy
Strategic Planning & Category Selection.
We determine the stronger route and confirm you meet the threshold EB-2 requirement , which USCIS now checks explicitly before anything else.
We determine the stronger route and confirm you meet the threshold EB-2 requirement , which USCIS now checks explicitly before anything else.
2
The path-specific groundwork
PERM Labor Certification (If Required)
For the employer-sponsored route, we guide your employer through PERM labor certification. For the NIW, we build the documented national-interest case around your proposed endeavor.
For the employer-sponsored route, we guide your employer through PERM labor certification. For the NIW, we build the documented national-interest case around your proposed endeavor.
3
I-140 filing
The I-140 Petition Filing
We file the immigrant petition with USCIS. Premium processing is available for a decision within 15 business days for standard EB-2, and within 45 business days for the NIW.
We file the immigrant petition with USCIS. Premium processing is available for a decision within 15 business days for standard EB-2, and within 45 business days for the NIW.
4
Priority date & final step
Final Application (I-485 / Consular)
Once your priority date is current, we file the last step: adjustment of status (I-485) from inside the U.S., or consular processing abroad.
Once your priority date is current, we file the last step: adjustment of status (I-485) from inside the U.S., or consular processing abroad.
Already Here on a Work Visa?
Already Here on a Work Visa?
On an H-1B?
On an H-1B?
Employer-sponsored EB-2 is the most common green card step, and if your work serves the national interest, the NIW may let you self-petition in parallel.
Employer-sponsored EB-2 is the most common green card step, and if your work serves the national interest, the NIW may let you self-petition in parallel.
See the H-1B page
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.
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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.