Entity type
Beyond Border
Not a law firm
WeGreened
A law firm
While Beyond Border and WeGreened stand out in employment-based immigration, their core offerings reflect very different priorities.
WeGreened leads in volume, supports more visa categories, and offers a full refund guarantee. Beyond Border differentiates itself with transparent, upfront pricing and a specialized focus on tech professionals and founders.
The following analysis compares publicly available information as of September 2026 to help you evaluate which firm best aligns with your goals, timeline, and risk tolerance.
Choose WeGreened if you want a full refund. Its Approval or Refund policy returns the attorney fee in full upon denial; it is a registered trademark, and the firm says the terms are included in the retainer agreement and are binding. It also publishes a 99% NIW approval rate on 42,047 approvals and 64,000-plus approved cases since 2012. WeGreened is an actual immigration law firm.
Go with Beyond Border if you are pursuing an employment-based category and want a specialized firm with documented experience to handle it for you. Its O-1 service is US$8,000 to US$10,000, and EB-1 and EB-2 NIW are US$10,000 to US$15,000, all published by category. WeGreened does not publish pricing by category.
Beyond Border is a technology-enabled immigration firm that works on U.S. employment-based visas for founders, engineers, researchers, and executives. It specializes in four major categories: O-1, EB-1 (A, B and C), EB-2 NIW and L-1.
Beyond Border provides immigration document-preparation services, and affiliated licensed attorneys handle its legal services. Its client base includes professionals from Salesforce, Google, Yelp, Chime, Visa, and Mastercard, as well as startup founders from pre-seed to Series B.
What Beyond Border publishes about its model:
WeGreened is the trading name of North America Immigration Law Group, also known as Chen Immigration Law Associates. Unlike Beyond Border, it is a law firm.
For cases under its Approval or Refund policy between January 2012 and December 2025, it reports a "99% approval rate, based on 42,047 approvals" for EB-2 NIW, a "91% approval rate, based on 9,218 approvals" for EB-1A, and a "98% approval rate, based on 1,488 approvals" for EB-1B.
Overall, it reports "98% across 52,753 cases" and "64,000+ approved cases across NIW, EB-1, and O-1 categories. The firm notably has more processed cases compared to Beyond Border.
What WeGreened publishes about its model:
WeGreened guarantees a petition letter within 10 business days, along with a guaranteed timeline for reference letters. Beyond Border commits to drafting and submission within one month of receiving all supporting documents.
A petition letter is the central legal argument, but the filing also requires assembling exhibits, completing forms, and sending the package, and WeGreened does not publish a timeline for that stage.
WeGreened publishes eleven categories, compared with Beyond Border's four. Its list runs across EB-2 NIW, EB-1A, EB-1B, EB-1C, O-1, PERM, I-485, H-1B, L-1, J-1 and E-1/E-2. Beyond Border focuses specifically on O-1, EB-1, EB-2 NIW and L-1.
The more useful difference is where each firm concentrates its work. WeGreened's published volume focuses on EB-2 NIW and EB-1A: 42,047 NIW approvals versus 9,218 for EB-1A. Beyond Border focuses specifically on the O-1, EB-1A, and NIW.
So if you are filing an NIW, WeGreened has done tens of thousands. If you are a founder filing an O-1A first and thinking about the green card later, Beyond Border has done thousands of them with a documented track record of speciality.
Beyond Border publishes its prices. WeGreened does not publish any.
Beyond Border publishes US$8,000 to US$10,000 for the O-1, and US$10,000 to US$15,000 for EB-1 and EB-2 NIW categories.
In practice, a researcher filing an EB-2 NIW can estimate that Beyond Border will cost between US$10,000 and US$15,000 before speaking to anyone, and that the fee covers criteria mapping, evidence audit, expert letter coordination and drafting, the petition narrative, attorney review, filing, and an RFE response.
Unlike Beyond Border's transparent model, finding WeGreened's pricing takes significant time and effort. You’ll be required to fill out a form and schedule a consultation just to receive a quote.
This barrier prevents you from planning or budgeting beforehand. Still, you know that if your petition is denied, WeGreened will refund the attorney fee in full.
Beyond Border quotes government filing fees separately, which is correct because you pay them directly to the government for your petition.
Beyond Border positions for:
WeGreened positions for:
On a denial, WeGreened returns more. Its Approval or Refund policy refunds the attorney fee in full, and the firm says the terms are in the retainer agreement and legally binding. Beyond Border's guarantee returns up to 50% of legal fees on a denied O-1A or EB-1A petition on select cases.
Neither company publishes the full conditions. Before deciding, confirm what counts as a denial and whether either policy covers a case USCIS approves but a consulate later refuses. Those are two separate decisions by two separate agencies.
Both firms offer a free assessment before you commit. WeGreened advertises attorney review of a free evaluation within 24 hours. Beyond Border also offers a free profile evaluation. Both also handle reference and testimonial letters and draft them with guaranteed turnarounds.
Beyond Border splits the entire process into four steps: gathering your documents, mapping out your case strategy, building the petition, and filing for approval. Once your paperwork is together, Beyond Border aims to draft and file everything within a month.
While Beyond Border isn't a traditional law firm, this structure is actually one of its biggest strengths. It acts as your single point of contact, taking care of all the heavy lifting, like document preparation, project management, and overall case coordination. Behind the scenes, vetted independent immigration attorneys handle the formal legal work.
This setup gives you a seamless, stress-free experience without the hassle of managing a traditional law firm relationship yourself. While going directly to a law firm like WeGreened works for some, many applicants prefer Beyond Border's streamlined model for a smoother, guided journey from start to finish.
WeGreened is a law firm, so the attorney relationship is direct. Its published process centres on the petition letter, with unlimited inquiries about the petition; detailed discussion of who should write your reference letters; drafting those letters and any testimonial letters; the petition package and filing; and RFE or NOID responses included in the fee.
The 10-business-day commitment on the petition letter is the most specific published turnaround the firm publishes.
If you want an honest read on whether your record clears the standard, including when it does not yet, book a free consultation with Beyond Border.
It does not publish a price. Beyond Border, on the other hand, publishes US$8,000 to US$10,000 for the O-1 and US$10,000 to US$15,000 for EB-1 and EB-2 NIW.
WeGreened states: "If your petition is not approved, we refund our attorney fee in full." It is a registered U.S. trademark, and the firm says the refund policy is specified in the retainer agreement and is binding. The detailed conditions are not published, so ask for the retainer terms before signing.
No. They are self-reported, as Beyond Border's are. What WeGreened does publish is the denominator and the period behind each rate.
Based on published information, WeGreened has done far more: 42,047 approvals between 2012 and 2025. Beyond Border publishes a price for the work, and WeGreened does not. Those are the two facts to weigh.
No, it is not. Independent, contracted attorneys affiliated with the company provide legal services. WeGreened, trading as North America Immigration Law Group, is a law firm.
Address: 4 W 4th Ave, San Mateo, CA 94402, United States
Email: info@beyondborderglobal.com
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