Immigration Counsel · McLean, Virginia
Immigration Attorney Serving McLean, VA
McLean is one of the most internationally connected zip codes in the country. The neighborhoods along Old Dominion, Chain Bridge Road, and Kirby Drive are home to diplomats stationed at nearby embassies, intelligence-community professionals, World Bank and IMF economists, and senior executives whose careers depend on being able to live and work in the United States without interruption. Our firm represents these clients in the full range of immigration matters — from EB-1A and EB-2 NIW self-petitions for top scientists and analysts, to L-1A and EB-1C transfers for global executives moving into McLean from postings in London, Singapore, Dubai, and São Paulo. We also handle E-2 treaty investor petitions for the entrepreneurs who have relocated headquarters to the Tysons corridor and need a path that survives quarterly travel back to home offices abroad.
Because so many of our McLean clients work in classified or compliance-sensitive roles, we are careful with how we structure consular processing, advance parole, and travel documents — a single mis-timed trip abroad can cost a security clearance or trigger a 221(g) administrative hold that sidelines a career. We coordinate with employer counsel at Booz Allen, Capital One, MITRE, Hilton, and the major Tysons-corridor consultancies so that H-1B, O-1, and green-card filings line up with internal compliance reviews instead of cutting against them. For clients waiting on SF-86 renewals or polygraph readjudication, we time visa stampings and AP-based travel to avoid creating gaps in the underlying record that an adjudicator might later treat as derogatory.
McLean families also come to us for the personal side of immigration: marriage-based green cards for spouses met overseas, I-751 petitions to remove conditions, naturalization for parents who have lived here for decades, K-1 fiancé visas, and I-130 petitions for siblings still waiting on the Family Fourth Preference. For mixed-status households along Westmoreland Street and the Langley Forest neighborhoods, we file I-601A provisional waivers and coordinate consular processing through Manila, Ciudad Juárez, and other high-volume posts so a single appointment does not separate a family for months. We serve McLean and the surrounding communities of Tysons Corner, Great Falls, Vienna, and Falls Church, and our office is a short drive from the Capital Beltway for clients commuting in from anywhere in Northern Virginia.
Immigration Services We Provide in McLean
Self-Petition Permanent Residencies
Employment-Based Permanent Residencies
EB-1B Outstanding Professors
For internationally recognized researchers and professors.
Learn more →EB-1C Multinational Managers
For executives and managers of multinational companies.
Learn more →EB-2 PERM
Advanced degree professionals with labor certification.
Learn more →EB-3 Professional
For professionals with bachelor's degrees.
Learn more →EB-3 Skilled Workers
For skilled workers with at least 2 years experience.
Learn more →EB-4 Special Immigrants
Religious workers, broadcasters, and other special categories.
Learn more →Nonimmigrant & Temporary Work Visas
H-1B Specialty Occupation
For professionals in specialty occupations requiring a degree.
Learn more →H-1B Cap Exempt
Universities, research organizations, and nonprofits.
Learn more →L-1A Executive/Manager
Intracompany transferee executives and managers.
Learn more →L-1B Specialized Knowledge
Intracompany transferee with specialized knowledge.
Learn more →O-1A Extraordinary Ability
For extraordinary ability in sciences, education, business, or athletics.
Learn more →O-1B Arts & Entertainment
For extraordinary ability in arts, motion picture, or TV industry.
Learn more →E-1 Treaty Trader
For nationals of treaty countries engaged in substantial trade.
Learn more →E-2 Treaty Investor
For nationals of treaty countries with substantial investments.
Learn more →TN NAFTA Professional
For Canadian and Mexican professionals under USMCA.
Learn more →H-2A Agricultural Workers
Temporary agricultural workers from designated countries.
Learn more →H-2B Non-Agricultural Workers
Temporary non-agricultural seasonal workers.
Learn more →H-3 Trainee Visa
For receiving training not available in home country.
Learn more →P-1 Athletes & Entertainers
Internationally recognized athletes and entertainment groups.
Learn more →P-3 Cultural Performers
Artists and entertainers in culturally unique programs.
Learn more →R-1 Religious Workers
Ministers and religious workers serving in the U.S.
Learn more →Investment & Entrepreneur Visas
Family-Based Immigration
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 →Family Petitions (I-130)
Petition for parents, children, spouses, and siblings.
Learn more →Removal of Conditions (I-751)
Convert a 2-year conditional green card to a 10-year card.
Learn more →Humanitarian Relief
Asylum
Protection for those persecuted in their home country.
Learn more →U-Visa Crime Victims
For victims of certain crimes who assist law enforcement.
Learn more →VAWA Self-Petition
For abused spouses, parents, and children of U.S. citizens or LPRs.
Learn more →T-Visa Trafficking
For victims of human trafficking in the United States.
Learn more →TPS Temporary Protected Status
Temporary status for nationals of designated countries.
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 →Citizenship & Naturalization
Naturalization & Citizenship
N-400 applications to become a U.S. citizen.
Learn more →Medical Disability Exception
N-648 waiver of English and civics testing requirements.
Learn more →Certificate of Citizenship
N-600 certificates for those who acquired citizenship at birth or through parents.
Learn more →Waivers
I-601 Waiver
Waiver of inadmissibility for grounds such as fraud, criminal, or unlawful presence.
Learn more →I-601A Waiver
Provisional unlawful presence waiver for consular processing.
Learn more →I-212 Waiver
Permission to reapply after deportation or removal.
Learn more →I-192 Waiver
Nonimmigrant waiver for inadmissibility for temporary entry.
Learn more →Conrad Waiver
Conrad 30 J-1 waiver for physicians serving underserved areas.
Learn more →J-1 Waiver
Waivers of the 2-year foreign residency requirement.
Learn more →I-131 Travel Document
Reentry permits, refugee travel documents, and advance parole.
Learn more →Litigation
Deportation Defense
Representation in immigration court removal proceedings.
Learn more →Cancellation of Deportation
Defense against removal for long-term residents who qualify.
Learn more →Federal Court Litigation
Appeals and challenges to USCIS, ICE, and consular decisions.
Learn more →Mandamus
Federal court action to compel adjudication of unreasonably delayed cases.
Learn more →