Meridian Immigration Law · Est. 2009

Your path to status, drawn.

Immigration is a route, not a lottery. Choose your situation and Meridian maps your actual path — every stage, an honest timeline, and the precise points where our attorneys step in for you.

Drag to place yourself — the map recomputes what is left and what we handle next.

No fee to talk. We'll tell you honestly whether you have a case — even when the answer is not yet.

Family-based green card 18–27 months
    Time remaining 18–27 mo
    Your next step File the I-130 petition
    Meridian handles 4 of 6 stages
    Illustrative timelines from Meridian case data, 2021–2024. Your real route depends on facts we review together.
    01 — Practice

    Whatever the border between you and home, we've crossed it before.

    02 — How we work

    Four steps. No mystery, no meter running.

    Immigration files fail on missed dates and thin evidence. Our process is built to prevent both — and you always know exactly where your case stands.

    Start with a consultation
    1. 01

      Listen & assess

      A real attorney — not an intake bot — hears your story and maps every route you qualify for. Flat consultation fee, credited to your case if you retain us.

      Week 1
    2. 02

      Build the file

      We assemble evidence, translate and certify documents, and draft the petition to survive scrutiny the first time — not on the third RFE.

      Weeks 2–8
    3. 03

      File & track

      We submit, docket every USCIS deadline, and watch your receipt numbers so nothing slips. You get plain-language updates at each milestone.

      Ongoing
    4. 04

      Prepare & appear

      We rehearse your interview, walk in beside you, and represent you before USCIS or the immigration court. You are never in that room alone.

      Interview

    Ana-Sofía Márquez

    Founding & Managing Attorney

    Admitted
    NY & NJ Bar · 2008
    Before
    Staff attorney, Legal Aid Immigration Unit
    Speaks
    English · Español · Português
    03 — The attorney
    "I filed my own family's papers at nineteen, at a kitchen table, terrified of one wrong box. Meridian exists so no one does that alone."

    Ana-Sofía founded Meridian after a decade splitting her nights between a legal-aid desk and her own family's case. She built the firm she wished her mother had walked into: unhurried, bilingual by default, and honest to a fault about odds and timelines.

    0Statuses secured
    0In immigration law
    0Languages on staff
    0Approval rate

    What clients say

    Six years I was afraid to answer my own door. Meridian didn't just win my case — they handed me back my life. On the day I took the oath, Ana-Sofía was in the third row, crying with my kids.
    Marisol T. Asylum → citizenship · client since 2019 · Queens, NY
    04 — Talk to us

    The first conversation is free.

    Tell us a little. A Meridian attorney will call you back within one business day — in your language — with a straight answer about where you stand.

    • Call (212) 555-0148 · Mon–Sat
    • Visit 114 Meridian St, Suite 700, New York, NY
    • Se habla español, português, e mais

    Confidential. Sending this does not create an attorney–client relationship — that starts when we both sign an agreement.