Immigration Legal Advisors

What Immigration Legal Advisors does

Immigration Legal Advisors, PLLC is a U.S. immigration law firm founded in 2015 and headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, with additional offices in Montgomery Village, Maryland, and San Juan, Puerto Rico. The firm provides attorney-led legal representation across the full spectrum of U.S. immigration matters, organized into twelve practice areas: family-based immigration (family preference visas, immediate relative visas, fiancé K visas, green cards), employment-based immigration (H-1B/O-1/L-1 work visas, employer-sponsored green cards), humanitarian protections (asylum, VAWA and U visas, DACA, Special Immigrant Juvenile status), deportation and removal defense, waivers of inadmissibility, and citizenship and naturalization. The team consists of five named attorneys — Josue Ruiz, Catherine Motolenich Torres, Pat McCloskey, Joanne M. Lucas, and Jaylis N. Martir Gonzalez — with full bilingual English/Spanish service delivery as a core operational feature.

The firm's business model is professional services: revenue is generated through case-by-case legal fees for consultations and full representation, with no publicly disclosed pricing or fee schedule and no-obligation initial consultations offered to prospective clients. Go-to-market relies on location-specific organic SEO across 25+ DC metro cities, an extensive bilingual blog of 80+ articles, Facebook and LinkedIn presence, customer testimonials, and referrals from community reputation. The customer base is entirely individual consumers — immigrant families, employment-based applicants, asylum seekers, individuals in removal proceedings, and vulnerable populations such as VAWA self-petitioners and SIJS-eligible minors.

There is no underlying technology platform or productized software offering; the firm's commercial asset is its bilingual attorney talent, 10+ years of operating history, and a 4.8/5 Google customer rating. The firm is independently owned and operated, with no disclosed funding rounds, no parent company, no M&A activity, and no patents. It also operates the Dreams Without Borders Scholarship program for law students pursuing immigration law and holds a 2026 Elite Lawyer Award.

Name

Immigration Legal Advisors

Legal name

Immigration Legal Advisors, PLLC

Website

https://immigrationabogado.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Immigration Legal Advisors, PLLC is a bilingual (English/Spanish) U.S. immigration law firm with five attorneys across offices in Herndon VA, Montgomery Village MD, and San Juan PR, representing individual clients in family-based, employment-based, humanitarian, deportation-defense, and naturalization matters.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Immigration Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (54111), Legal Services (5411), Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Immigration Law (BPAHAAAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Immigration Legal Services & Representation (Law Firms) (THACAKAF)

Keywords

• Immigration legal services
• Visa application assistance
• Green card petitions
• Deportation defense
• Citizenship naturalization

Headquarters

HQ city

Herndon

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Immigration Law: Immigration legal services including visa applications, green card petitions, asylum applications, deportation defense, citizenship/naturalization, and family-based immigration. Revenue generated through professional legal fees for consultations and case representation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Immigration Legal Advisors, PLLC is an immigration law firm providing attorney-led legal representation across the full spectrum of U.S. immigration matters, including family-based and fiancé visas, employment-based visas and employer-sponsored green cards, asylum applications, deportation/removal defense, citizenship and naturalization, waivers of inadmissibility, and humanitarian protections such as VAWA, U visas, DACA, and Special Immigrant Juvenile Status. The firm delivers services through three physical offices (Herndon VA, Montgomery Village MD, San Juan PR), bilingual English/Spanish attorney representation, and no-obligation initial consultations.

Product overview

Immigration Legal Advisors, PLLC is a law firm providing legal representation across the full spectrum of U.S. immigration matters. The firm does not operate a unified software platform; its core offering consists of attorney-led legal services organized around distinct practice areas. These include family-based immigration (Family Preference Visas, Immediate Relative Visas, Fiancé K Visas, Green Cards), employment-based immigration (Professional Work Visas, Green Cards Through Employer), humanitarian protections (Asylum, VAWA & U Visas, DACA & Special Immigrant Juvenile Status), Deportation Defense, Citizenship and Naturalization, and Waivers of Inadmissibility. The firm also operates a community initiative called the Dreams Without Borders Scholarship for aspiring immigration law students.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Family Preference Visas Legal assistance with family-based visa categories (F1–F4) for relatives of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents, including guidance on preference priority levels, wait times, and petition preparation.
• Immediate Relative Visas Legal support for immediate relatives of U.S. citizens (spouses, minor children, parents) who are not subject to annual visa numerical limits.
• Fiancé (K) Visas Representation for couples applying for K-1 fiancé visas, including guidance on the 90-day marriage requirement and evidence preparation to prove a bona fide relationship.
• Green Cards Counsel on obtaining lawful permanent resident status through family sponsorship, employment, or other eligibility pathways, including adjustment of status and consular processing.
• Professional Work Visas Assistance with temporary work visas including H-1B for specialized occupations, O-1 for extraordinary ability, and L-1 intra-company transfers, as well as labor certification requirements.
• Green Card Through Employer Guidance for employers sponsoring foreign workers for employment-based green cards across EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3 preference categories, including labor certification and USCIS petitioning.
• Waivers of Inadmissibility Legal representation for immigrants deemed inadmissible due to prior immigration violations, criminal records, or health issues, seeking waivers to avoid deportation and obtain visas or green cards.
• VAWA & U Visas Protection for crime victims and vulnerable immigrants, including self-petitions under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and U visas for qualifying crime victims who cooperate with law enforcement.
• DACA & Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) Legal assistance for minors and DACA-eligible individuals, including Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) for children who have suffered abuse, neglect, or abandonment, providing a path to permanent residency.
• Asylum Representation for individuals seeking protection from persecution based on race, nationality, religion, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group, including affirmative and defensive asylum applications.
• Deportation Defense Legal defense for immigrants facing removal proceedings, including cancellation of removal, adjustment of status, bond hearings, and representation before immigration courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals.
• Citizenship and Naturalization Counsel on the naturalization process, including eligibility review, application preparation, interview coaching, and English and civics test preparation for immigrants seeking U.S. citizenship.

Quantifiable outcome

• 4.8 out of 5 customer satisfaction rating across Google reviews
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• OVC Scholarship NetworkminorOthersImmigration Legal Advisors participates in the OVC Scholarship Network, displaying their scholarship network badge on their website. The firm offers its own Dreams Without Borders Scholarship to law students interested in immigration law.
• Elite LawyerminorOthersImmigration Legal Advisors maintains an Elite Lawyer profile, displaying the Elite Lawyer badge on their website. The firm received the 2026 Elite Lawyer award recognition.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Berry Appleman & Leiden (BAL): Major corporate immigration law firm offering visa, green card, and compliance services globally. Comparable as a direct immigration law services provider, though BAL is much larger and corporate-focused compared to ILA's family/asylum-leaning individual practice.
• Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy: The largest global immigration law firm, primarily serving corporate and employer-sponsored immigration. Comparable because it provides the same core immigration legal services, but at much greater scale and with a corporate-client focus rather than ILA's individual-client focus.

Direct peers

• Cyrus D. Mehta & Associates: N.Y.-based immigration boutique covering business immigration, family immigration, asylum, and naturalization. Comparable for similar boutique scale and breadth of practice, though anchored to a different regional market.
• VisaNation: Online-enabled immigration law firm offering family, employment, and investor visa services. Comparable as a full-service immigration legal services provider with overlapping practice areas and an emphasis on individual clients.
• Maggio + Kattar: Boutique immigration and nationality law firm headquartered in Washington, D.C. Highly comparable given its DMV presence, full-service immigration practice (family, employment, asylum, naturalization), and similar boutique scale.
• Foster LLP: Immigration boutique law firm with U.S. offices serving individual and corporate clients. Comparable as a similarly-sized, full-service immigration law practice competing in overlapping practice areas such as family-based immigration and employment visas.
• Klasko Immigration Law Partners: Mid-sized U.S. immigration law firm serving both corporate and individual clients across visas, green cards, and employment-based immigration. Closely comparable in service mix (business + family immigration) and boutique scale, though with a stronger EB-side weighting.

Emerging players

• RapidVisa: Online immigration filing service focused on fiancé visas and marriage green cards. Comparable in that it addresses the same family-based immigration use cases that ILA serves, but via a lower-cost, technology-led delivery model.
• Boundless Immigration: Tech-enabled immigration services platform offering self-guided green card, citizenship, and family-petition filings. Comparable because it serves the same end-client needs (family visas, naturalization) but through a software-first model that competes with traditional firms on price and convenience.

Others

• Wolters Kluwer Immigration: Provider of immigration case-management software, compliance tools, and immigration legal services through acquired law firms (e.g., Wolters Kluwer Immigration Services). Comparable as an adjacent ecosystem participant supporting immigration legal practice workflows that ILA still performs manually.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ImmigrationLegalAdvisors
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/law-firm-of-ruiz-dougherty-pllc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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