Experienced, Responsive, Client-Focused.
Byrley Law Firm, LLC, provides exceptional and cost effect services to employers, families, and individuals seeking help with their immigration and naturalization needs.
Convenience.
Located in the Baltimore-Washington corridor, we are within an hour from most locations in the metropolitan area.
Employers and Professionals.
For employers and professionals needing assistance with working visas, we offer experienced and responsive legal representation.
Researchers and Scientists.
We have a track record of success, with a 100% approval rate handling National Interest Waivers for scientists from NIH, Johns Hopkins, and similar institutions.
Quality Representation for All Our Clients
Our mission is to provide the highest-quality representation, whether for individuals, families, or organizations.
Naturalization and Citizenship
Naturalization and citizenship have always been a focus of our practice.

Main Pages

Visa Bulletins

The Visa Bulletins are published monthly by the US State Department in order to notify the public of current and future immigrant visa availability for the various family- and employment-based immigrant categories, as well as for the diversity visa program.

Visa backlogs typically always exist for family-preference categories, as well as for third-preference and "other-worker" employment-based categories. Natives of China, India, Mexico, and Philippines are typically subject to longer backlogs due to the greater use of those countries' visa allocations.

Visa Bulletins

Immigration Processing Times

Below you will find links to outside government sites showing processing time estimates for the USCIS, USDOL, and USDOS for various types of applications/petitions.

You may also find the status of a specific USCIS case via the online case status page, as long as you have a receipt number.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Contact John Byrley at tel: 410-719-1501.

US Immigration Forms and Instructions

These links will take you to outside government sites where you can locate forms and instructions required for immigration purposes.

US Citizenship and Immigration Services ("USCIS") Forms -- the vast majority of immigration-forms are located here.
Executive Office for Immigration Review -- forms for immigration court and appeals.
US Department of State -- primarily forms for applying for visas at US consulates abroad.
US Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration ("USDOL ETA") -- forms for necessary for temporary and permanent employment-based visas

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Contact John Byrley at tel: 410-719-1501.

Naturalization

Naturalization to US citizenship is the last step in the immigration process. Citizenship may also be acquired by birth in the US, or by birth to a parent who is, or later becomes, a US citizen.

Our Services: We will advise you as to your citizenship status, and/or your eligibility for naturalization. We can guide you through the procedures, prepare the necessary paperwork, and help get you ready for the naturalization interview. For those already US citizens, we can assist with obtaining proof of citizenship such as the Certificate of Citizenship, or the Report of Birth Abroad.

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Articles:

The Child Citizenship Act

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Attorney Bio

Since 1999, Byrley Law Firm, L.L.C. attorneys have practiced U.S. immigration and nationality law before the administrative courts and agencies of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Justice. It is our mission to deliver the highest quality legal counsel and service to our clients.

We strive to establish and maintain open and long-lasting relationships with our clients, with the understanding that, to be effective, an attorney must see the client, not as "case" but as a person.

John Byrley, Esq.

John Byrley is the principal of the Firm, and has been practicing immigration law since 1999. His focus is on naturalization, marriage and family immigration, employment immigration, and non-immigrant working visas such as the H-1B. John has wide experience working with individuals from many different cultures and backgrounds, having served with a number of international development organizations such as Freedom House, the US-Ukraine Foundation, Chemonics International, and Democratic-Russia USA Foundation. He is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. John is an active member of the Maryland Bar, and an inactive member of the Bars of Virginia and Florida. John received a Juris Doctor, with honors, in 1992, from the University of Florida College of Law, where he served as the Executive Research Editor on the Florida International Law Journal.

What Do We Do?

We provide a variety of immigration, naturalization, and visa services to clients in the metropolitan Washington, DC, area. Our practice includes work- and family-based immigration and a wide range of visa and consular issues.

We are available to discuss potential representation without charge for preliminary consultations.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Contact John Byrley at tel: 410-719-1501