Immigration Counsel · Reston, Virginia
Immigration Attorney Serving Reston, VA
Reston was built as a planned community for the technology and federal-contractor workforce that has come to define the Dulles corridor, and that DNA shows in our caseload. Engineers and program managers at the Reston Town Center employers — Leidos, Northrop Grumman, ScienceLogic, MicroStrategy, and the consultancies that line Sunrise Valley Drive — come to us for H-1B transfers, H-1B amendments when a worksite changes, and EB-2 and EB-3 PERM green-card sponsorship. For clients whose published work, patents, or speaking record supports it, we build EB-1A and EB-2 NIW petitions that move faster than PERM and don't depend on the employer staying intact. The Reston Association's neighborhoods around Lake Anne, Lake Thoreau, and South Lakes also bring us a steady caseload of physicians and biotech researchers tied to the Reston Hospital Center and the I-270 spillover into Loudoun and Fairfax counties.
Reston's Silver Line stop at Wiehle-Reston East and the new stop at Reston Town Center have changed how clients reach our firm — we see clients riding in from Tysons, McLean, and DC for in-person meetings, and just as often working with us by video from offices in Reston, Herndon, and along the Dulles Toll Road. We coordinate with employer counsel where there is one, and we serve as primary counsel where the client is funding the case directly and wants their green-card path decoupled from any single employer. For Reston founders building companies in the area's incubators, we file E-2, L-1A new-office, EB-1C, and International Entrepreneur Parole petitions, and we structure cap tables so an eventual EB-5 or investor-driven path remains available.
Beyond corporate work, Reston families come to us for marriage-based adjustment, K-1 fiancé visas, I-751 petitions, naturalization, and asylum. Reston's South Asian and East Asian populations are substantial, and we handle the I-130 filings for spouses, parents, and siblings, the consular processing through New Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Beijing, and Seoul, and the post-arrival naturalization timing that follows. For clients pursuing N-400 with a long foreign-travel record, we run the residency math carefully — the five-year and three-year clocks for naturalization do not pause for absence, and we structure the filing window around the actual travel record rather than the calendar date. We serve Reston and the surrounding communities of Herndon, Sterling, Great Falls, and Vienna.
Immigration Services We Provide in Reston
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.
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