Immigration help for Annapolis and Anne Arundel County families
Most of the Annapolis families who contact us are not in crisis. They are trying to do something right: file a petition for a husband or wife, apply for citizenship after years as a resident, renew a work permit before it lapses, or help a child who came here alone find a lawful path forward.
USG Law Group is a bilingual immigration firm. Attorney Marianela Uribe, our founder, has been licensed in Maryland since 2019 and is also licensed in Virginia. Attorney Sandra Leiva is licensed in Maryland and handles immigration court (EOIR) cases. Gigi Mejia, our USCIS Practice Manager, works the USCIS petition side and will be your first point of contact.
We do not have an Annapolis office. Our office is in Woodbridge, Virginia, reached from Annapolis by US-50 and the Beltway, about an hour depending on traffic. Most of our Anne Arundel clients never need to make that drive.
How we work with clients in Annapolis
Start with a phone call or the quiz on this site. Gigi will schedule a free consultation with an attorney by phone or Zoom, including evening and Saturday times. If you prefer to meet face to face, we will book a visit to Woodbridge.
From there, you send documents by email. We prepare the application, go through it with you on a video call, and file it with USCIS. When an interview is scheduled, we prepare you for the questions in advance. If USCIS sends a Request for Evidence, we answer it.
If a case is in immigration court (EOIR), removal cases for Maryland residents are heard at the Baltimore Immigration Court. Attorney Sandra Leiva represents clients there and plans the hearing-day logistics with you. We can also accompany you to ICE check-ins.
Services most requested by our Anne Arundel County clients
These are the matters we hear about most from Annapolis, Glen Burnie, Severna Park and Odenton. Each has a page on this site with the steps and forms explained plainly.
- Family petitions (I-130): for spouses, children, parents and siblings.
- Marriage-based green cards and adjustment of status (I-485).
- Citizenship and naturalization (N-400): eligibility review, application, and preparation for the interview and civics test.
- Removal of conditions (I-751): for conditional residents reaching the two-year mark.
- Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS): for young people who cannot safely return to a parent abroad.
- VAWA and U visa: protection for survivors of abuse or crime.
- Work permits (I-765 / EAD): new applications and renewals.
- Consular processing and provisional waivers (I-601A): for relatives finishing the process abroad.
- Removal defense: representation at the Baltimore Immigration Court.
- Business and employment visas (E-2, L-1, H-1B, EB-1).
Our office is in Woodbridge, Virginia, about an hour from Annapolis
USG Law Group's office is at 3102 Golansky Blvd, Suite 201, Woodbridge, VA 22192, near Potomac Mills. From Annapolis, it is roughly an hour via US-50 to the Capital Beltway and south on I-95, depending on traffic. We do not keep an Annapolis address, and we want you to know that before you call.
For most Annapolis clients, the Woodbridge office is a place they see once, if at all. The consultation, document review, and preparation happen by Zoom and phone, and signatures are handled remotely where the rules allow. When a visit is needed, we schedule it as a single trip.
Why Anne Arundel families choose USG Law Group
Clients tell us Gigi is kind, patient and quick to respond, and that we explain everything in detail. For a family handling a petition from Annapolis with a firm in Virginia, that is the whole experience, and we take it seriously.
We offer a free first consultation, payment plans and financing, evening and weekend appointments, and Spanish at every step. Attorney Marianela Uribe came to the United States as an immigrant, and we are members of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and the Maryland State Bar.
- Two attorneys admitted to the Maryland Bar.
- Bilingual service from intake to filing.
- Zoom and phone for Anne Arundel County.
- Payment plans available.
