Professionals · EB-1A
Your professional trajectory can be the foundation of an EB-1A Green Card.
EB-1A is a permanent-residence process for professionals who can demonstrate extraordinary ability, sustained recognition, and relevant achievements in their field. MGM organizes your trajectory, your evidence, and the workflow so each stage moves forward with clarity.
You can start with what you have already built and your goal in the United States — without mapping every criterion now.
A path to continue your story in the United States.
EB-1A may allow professionals with extraordinary recognition to pursue permanent residence and continue developing their work in the United States.
Permanent residence
EB-1A is part of the first preference of employment-based immigration. It is a Green Card category · not a temporary visa · and does not require labor certification (PERM).
No job offer required
The category allows the professional to self-petition, without depending on a job offer or a sponsoring employer.
A new chapter for the family
After petition approval, a spouse and unmarried children under 21 may be eligible to join the process as derivative family members.
These benefits depend on the individual context, visa availability and the other applicable steps.
Your trajectory can tell a larger story than a résumé.
Professionals often underestimate their own trajectory because achievements are scattered across projects, companies, publications, and recognition built over the years. The starting point is to understand whether there is a consistent set of recognized achievements in your field.
Recognition that comes from outside
Awards, publications, invitations, media coverage, peer reviews or other forms of recognition can help show how the work is perceived in the field.
Impact that can be demonstrated
Projects, contributions, results, creations, research or initiatives that produced relevant effects can be part of the story.
A relevant role in the field
Leadership, critical responsibility, selective participation, judging others’ work or roles in recognized organizations can matter depending on the context.
Continuity in the United States
The project must show how the professional intends to continue working and contributing in their field in the United States.
No single element defines the picture. The set of information must be organized and explored case by case.
What you have built so far can be the start of the next chapter.
Years of work can represent more than accumulated experience. They can reveal leadership, influence, innovation, contribution and recognition · elements able to support a new professional and family chapter in the United States.
The first step is not to gather every document. It is to understand your story, your goals and what still needs to be explored further.
Your story needs to be understood before it is organized.
MGM coordinates information, documents, participants and administrative steps so the project advances with organization and clarity.
We understand your trajectory
We start with your career, achievements, goals and the future you intend to build in the United States.
We organize the context
Information, professional milestones and documents are structured to reveal a coherent and verifiable story.
We coordinate the steps
Pending items, translations, providers, owners and deliverables are tracked according to the contracted scope.
You track the progress
The client knows what has been completed, what remains pending and what the next operational step is.
Guidance
EB-1A or EB-2 NIW?
Both pathways can lead to permanent residence, but they start from different foundations.
EB-1A
Extraordinary recognition
EB-1A relates to the extraordinary recognition of the trajectory.
EB-2 NIW
National-interest project
EB-2 NIW also considers advanced education or exceptional ability and a proposed endeavor of national interest.
In some scenarios, more than one pathway may deserve review. The choice should not be made only by the category name or a generic checklist of requirements.
Frequently asked questions
Clear answers before you begin.
Do I need to have received a famous international award?
Not necessarily. A highly relevant award may be part of the file, but the trajectory can also be organized with other types of recognition and documentation. No single element confirms eligibility · legal review belongs to an independent attorney
Do I need a job offer or sponsoring employer?
In many EB-1A coordination scenarios, the project does not start from a sponsored job offer. Whether a self-petition structure fits — and what the case requires — is independent-attorney analysis; MGM organizes context and the next operational step
Does meeting three criteria guarantee approval?
No. Counting criteria does not confirm eligibility or approval. Legal review of the evidence belongs to an independent attorney; MGM organizes information and documents for the next step · with no outcome guarantee
Can I include my spouse and children?
In some categories, a spouse and children may be included in project organization as family members. Whether and how that applies to your case depends on individual analysis by an authorized professional · the preliminary assessment helps gather context
Do I need to keep working in the same field?
In many EB-1A scenarios, continuity of work in the field is part of what an independent attorney reviews. MGM helps organize the professional context · without confirming eligibility or outcome
What is the difference between EB-1A and EB-2 NIW?
They are distinct residence pathways with different logics: one more tied to recognition of the trajectory; another to a proposed endeavor with its own analysis. Which, if either, fits your picture belongs to the preliminary assessment and, when legal service is engaged, to an independent attorney
Do I need to send documents in the first assessment?
No. The preliminary assessment starts with basic information about your trajectory and goals. Documents may be requested later if deeper work is needed
Does the preliminary assessment confirm my eligibility?
No. The assessment organizes initial information and prepares the next contact. It does not replace individual legal analysis and does not guarantee eligibility, approval or outcome
Who performs the legal analysis?
Legal analysis, when required, is performed by an independent attorney duly licensed in the United States
What happens after I submit the assessment?
The team reviews the initial information and may contact you to clarify details, explain the next step and, when applicable, coordinate participation by an independent attorney
What is EB-1A?
In general terms (informational guidance): an employment-based permanent residence category associated with high-level professional recognition in fields such as sciences, arts, education, business or athletics. In many coordination scenarios, the project does not start from a sponsoring employer · concrete case structure belongs to an independent attorney
What is a Green Card?
It is the common name for the document that proves lawful permanent residence in the United States. A Green Card holder may live and work in the country permanently, subject to the rules for maintaining that status. It is not U.S. citizenship
What is PERM?
PERM is labor certification before the U.S. Department of Labor, a common step on certain employer-sponsored residence pathways (such as many EB-3 cases). It is not the Green Card: it is an earlier phase before the immigration petition
What is USCIS?
It is the U.S. government agency that handles many immigration and citizenship filings inside the country (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services). When a case has steps abroad, other agencies (such as the Department of State) may also be involved
What is an immigration petition?
It is the formal filing submitted to the government (often to USCIS) to request an immigration benefit · for example, a work or residence category. The person who files is the “petitioner”; the person seeking the benefit is the “beneficiary.” On some pathways, the same person can be both
Your recognition deserves to be organized with method.
Tell us about your achievements and the future you want to build in the United States. We can start with what you have already built.
Initial contact with no guarantee of eligibility, approval or outcome. Submission does not create an attorney-client relationship and does not create an engagement. MGM provides global mobility coordination and administrative support; legal services, when needed, are provided separately by independent U.S.-licensed counsel.