Immigration Counsel · Chevy Chase, Maryland
Immigration Attorney Serving Chevy Chase, MD
Chevy Chase straddles the DC–Maryland line at Connecticut Avenue, and its residents include some of the most senior federal, diplomatic, and private-sector professionals in the region. Our Chevy Chase clients are often attorneys at major DC firms, diplomats and senior staff at international institutions, finance and consulting partners, and physicians at NIH and the Walter Reed system. We handle EB-1A, EB-1C, EB-2 NIW, and L-1A executive-transfer filings for these clients, along with the family-based work — marriage-based adjustment, K-1 fiancé visas, I-130 petitions for parents and siblings — that often runs alongside the career-track filings. For senior international-organization staff transitioning from G-4 status to a permanent green card, we plan the special immigrant route, the consular processing, and the dependent EAD timing carefully.
Chevy Chase's status as a high-income community also brings EB-5 investor filings, where the investment scale and the source-of-funds documentation match the program's requirements. We coordinate with tax and trust counsel on these cases so the immigration filing fits cleanly into the broader financial picture. For EB-5 investors choosing between direct and regional center options under the Reform and Integrity Act, we run the rural, high-unemployment, and infrastructure set-aside math carefully so the priority date and the eventual I-829 path both work in favor of the family.
Chevy Chase families also come to us for naturalization, I-751 conditional-residency filings, and the consular-processing work that follows a marriage-based or family-based filing. For clients with significant time abroad — extended diplomatic postings, second residences, or international school commitments — we plan the N-400 filing window around the actual physical-presence record rather than the calendar date, and we file N-470 preservation-of-residence applications where the qualifying employer relationship supports it. For Chevy Chase's Iranian, Indian, and Chinese communities, we handle family reunification, asylum where the country-of-origin record supports it, and the related humanitarian work on a coordinated timeline. We serve Chevy Chase and the surrounding communities of Bethesda, Silver Spring, Kensington, and North Bethesda.
Chevy Chase Immigration FAQs
Common questions from Chevy Chase clients about how immigration cases work locally.
Where will my USCIS interview take place if I live in Chevy Chase?
Chevy Chase cases are generally scheduled at USCIS Baltimore Field Office at 3701 Koppers Street, Baltimore, MD 21227. We prepare you for exactly what that office asks and, where the interview is waived, we make sure the record supports approval without one.
Which immigration court handles removal cases for Chevy Chase residents?
Removal proceedings involving Chevy Chase residents are heard at Hyattsville Immigration Court at 3311 Toledo Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782 — the Baltimore Immigration Court also hears Maryland removal cases. If you have received a Notice to Appear, we can represent you there and evaluate every form of relief you may qualify for.
Which federal court would hear a lawsuit if USCIS unlawfully delays or denies my Chevy Chase case?
A challenge to an unlawful delay or denial for a Chevy Chase resident is generally brought in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland (Greenbelt and Baltimore). We assess whether an APA or mandamus claim is the right tool before filing.
I run a business in Chevy Chase and want to sponsor a foreign worker — where do we start?
We guide Chevy Chase employers through H-1B registration and filing, PERM labor certification for EB-2 and EB-3 green cards, and L-1 transfers for overseas staff, coordinating timelines so the worker's status never lapses.
How do I check current USCIS processing times for a Chevy Chase filing?
Processing times depend on the specific form and the office handling it. We track them continuously and publish live figures — see our processing-times pages — so Chevy Chase clients get a realistic timeline for their exact case type rather than a generic estimate.
Do you offer consultations in languages other than English for Chevy Chase clients?
We regularly work with Chevy Chase clients through certified interpreters and offer trauma-informed, confidential intake for asylum, VAWA, U-visa, and T-visa matters where sensitivity and privacy are essential.
Immigration Services We Provide in Chevy Chase
A focused look at the matters Chevy Chase clients bring us most often. We handle the full range of U.S. immigration work — these are simply where local demand tends to concentrate.
EB-2 NIW
National Interest Waiver for advanced degree professionals.
Learn more →H-1B Specialty Occupation
For professionals in specialty occupations requiring a degree.
Learn more →Special Immigrant Juvenile
For minors who cannot be reunited with one or both parents.
Learn more →Convention Against Torture
Protection from removal to countries where torture is likely.
Learn more →Marriage-Based Green Card
Permanent residency through marriage to a U.S. citizen or LPR.
Learn more →K-1 Fiancé(e) Visa
Visa to bring a foreign fiancé(e) to the U.S. for marriage.
Learn more →Naturalization & Citizenship
N-400 applications to become a U.S. citizen.
Learn more →TPS Temporary Protected Status
Temporary status for nationals of designated countries.
Learn more →Asylum
Protection for those persecuted in their home country.
Learn more →Don't see your case type? Browse the complete list of services and every visa category we handle, or request a free evaluation.
Where Chevy Chase Immigration Cases Are Handled
Knowing which government offices touch your case matters. Here is where Chevy Chase immigration matters are typically handled — the offices we appear before and file with on behalf of clients across the Maryland suburbs of Washington.
USCIS Field Office
USCIS Baltimore Field Office3701 Koppers Street, Baltimore, MD 21227
Biometrics (ASC)
the Wheaton (Glenmont) Application Support Center12331 Georgia Avenue, Suite C, Wheaton, MD 20906
Immigration Court
Hyattsville Immigration Court3311 Toledo Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782the Baltimore Immigration Court also hears Maryland removal cases
Federal Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland (Greenbelt and Baltimore)