Murthy Law Firm widely focuses onPERM and employment-based green card work. However, for Indian nationals who have been stalled in the EB-2 or EB-3 backlog for years, a full-service PERM firm is not always the quickest path to a green card.
This article compares Murthy Law Firm options, including self-petition specialists who bypass PERM totally, so you may consider speed, cost, and category fit before deciding on a firm.
Murthy Law handles H-1B and other nonimmigrant visas, I-485/I-140 filings, PERM labor certification, investment visas, NIW petitions, and various other green card matters.
Aside from casework, the business is widely known in the immigration field with MurthyDotCom, a long-running immigration news and information website. This is a resource applicants can read before even becoming a client.
Murthy Law reviews on third-party websites are mainly positive, although a few IT-consulting candidates flag issues regarding pricing and timeliness.
Murthy Law Firm does not provide flat-fee pricing. So you may have to request a quote during initial consultation.
The average H-1B applicant is Indian-born and has an employer who has already filed PERM for an EB-2 or EB-3 green card. For Indian-born candidates, per-country caps can extend the wait beyond a decade following I-140 clearance; no firm can file around that cap.
The more important question is not which firm processes PERM faster, but which category bypasses PERM and the backlog entirely. EB-1A and EB-2 NIW are self-petition categories that require no PERM, no employer sponsorship, and are current in most countries.
This is why applicants start comparing Murthy Law Firm alternatives rather than simply comparing Murthy Law Firm's H-1B services to another PERM-based organization.
These six alternatives offer different strengths, service models, and areas of focus.
Beyond Border focuses on O-1, EB-1A, EB-2 NIW, and L-1 cases, all of which bypass PERM totally. The firm is backed by a 98% approval rate on over 4,000 applications and guarantees to file within one month of receiving all evidence.
Beyond Border has processed over 4,000 cases and has a consistent approval rate of 98%. Its client base includes professionals from Salesforce, Google, Yelp, Chime, Visa, and Mastercard, as well as startup founders from pre-seed to Series B and Indian and Chinese professionals pursuing cap-free pathways outside the H-1B lottery and the EB-2 India priority date queue.
Prices for O-1 cases range from US$8,000 to US$10,000. Applicants can make a 50% deposit and complete payment as the case progresses. RFE response is included in the cost, with no tier upgrade necessary. Applicants can get a free case evaluation before committing to a price.
WeGreened provides some of the most detailed approval statistics in the business. Between January 2012 and December 2025, the firm had a 99% EB-2 NIW approval rate across 42,047 approvals and a 91% EB-1A approval rate across 9,218 approvals. It also publishes weekly approval breakdowns by category, making it a valuable baseline for applicants attempting to assess their own NIW profile before filing.
Alma is an attorney-led immigration platform founded in 2023 by Harvard Law attorney Aizada Marat. It publishes flat-rate pricing for all visa types. O-1 at US$8,000, H-1B Cap at US$3,500, and EB-2 NIW at US$10,000.
Alma is designed for employers. It integrates with HR systems such as Workday, Rippling, Greenhouse, and Ashby. It offers binding service level agreements with real-time tracking, a structure for companies managing multiple sponsored employees rather than a single self-petitioner.
Ellis boasts over 90,000 immigration approvals for individuals, families, and employers, with an average client review rating of 4.9 out of 5 over hundreds of cases. The firm's H-1B lottery workflow is built for employers managing many cap-subject hires at once. Premium processing turns around in about 15 business days if employers pay for it.
For a company that processes hundreds of H-1B cases in a single yearly cap cycle, the scale-oriented process differentiates it from a boutique that handles cases one at a time.
Fragomen is by far the largest firm on this list, with over 5,500 immigration specialists spread over 60 locations and 170-plus countries. It is ranked on both the Am Law 100 and the Am Law Global 100.
Its practice includes corporate immigration program design, policy review, compliance management, and crisis response for multinational businesses, rather than individual self-petitions. This is the appropriate reference point for a corporation establishing global mobility policy across thousands of employees, not for a single H-1B holder picking between PERM and EB-1A.
Manifest Law is a technology-enabled firm created in 2024, based in San Francisco, servicing more than 150 corporate immigration programs and around 3,000 total clients. They cover the full visa range a tech company typically needs: O-1, H-1B, L-1, TN, E-3, PERM, and EB-2 NIW. Pricing is a flat per-case fee, with O-1 starting at US$6,999.
Manifest also publishes case studies of engineers and founders who were told EB-1A or NIW wasn't possible and got approved anyway.
PERM's own review stage looks shorter on paper. But it is only step one. I-140 processing and, for many countries, a visa-bulletin wait still come after it.
For an India-born EB-2/EB-3 applicant, that wait can add years on top of PERM and I-140. EB-1A and NIW skip PERM and, for most countries, skip the backlog too, which is often what makes them the faster route overall, even with a longer I-140 stage. Processing times shift monthly, so check USCIS and DOL directly before filing.
Yes. H-1B holders can switch to EB-1A and also EB-2 NIW since they are self-petition categories, which means no employer sponsorship or job offer is required. While maintaining valid H-1B status, an H-1B holder may file an EB-1A or NIW petition without consulting their present employer.
While NIW involves demonstrating that the proposed enterprise has significant value and national relevance, EB-1A requires meeting at least three of ten regulatory criteria or a single large, internationally recognized achievement. Our guide on Moving From H-1B to Green Card explains all alternative routes and timeline.
The difference comes down to scope, not scale: Beyond Border focuses on self-petition categories that do not require PERM. If a self-petition approach suits your needs, schedule a free case review with Beyond Border to discover how much time it could save.
Yes. An H-1B holder can file for either EB-1A or EB-2 NIW while still on valid H-1B status and working for their current employer, since neither category needs an employer sponsor.
The Department of Labor's review of the labor certification alone currently averages 16.5 months. Add several more months for the prevailing wage determination and required recruitment before filing, plus extra time if the case is audited. Since DOL's processing-time page is updated every month, always double-check the current numbers.
Not directly. Priority-date retention only applies when an I-140 is issued, not just after PERM certification, and PERM certification is linked to a particular employer and employment offer. Before I-140 acceptance, switching to a self-petition category like EB-1A or NIW usually requires a new petition process.
If an earlier I-140 was approved and has not been revoked for fraud or willful misrepresentation, USCIS generally permits that petition's priority date to carry over to a new employment-based filing, even one in a different category. This retention rule is tied to I-140 approval itself, not to PERM certification alone.
It depends entirely on the underlying record, not the job title. A software engineer can qualify by meeting at least three of the ten regulatory criteria. For example, a comparatively high salary, media coverage of their work, or original contributions of major significance. It's realistic for engineers with a distinguished track record; it isn't the default path for every H-1B software engineer.
David Munam is an experienced writer with 10 years of expertise in researching and producing clear, authoritative content on complex and highly technical subjects. His work has focused on turning dense information into accurate, well-structured, and accessible content across areas such as U.S. customs and trade, Web3, fintech, immigration law, and technology. At Beyond Border, he applies this experience to researching and writing in-depth content on U.S. immigration pathways, including O-1, EB-1A, and EB-2 NIW.
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