About Maria Lino
Maria Lino Callao built her legal foundation at The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law, where she earned her Juris Doctor. She entered the profession prepared for the practical demands of client work and the procedural rigors of immigration practice. Her training in law school supplied the core skills she still uses every day: legal research, courtroom procedure and advocacy.
After law school Callao secured admission to practice in Maryland. She has spent her career working in immigration law. That work has ranged from advising individuals and families to representing clients in administrative proceedings. She is comfortable both in hearings before immigration judges and in interactions with federal agencies.
Callao’s practice covers a range of immigration matters. She handles family-based petitions, naturalization applications and U.S. citizenship cases. She represents clients facing removal proceedings and prepares affirmative asylum claims. Her practice also includes nonimmigrant and immigrant visa petitions and consular processing. She guides clients through each stage of the process, from intake interviews through filings and hearings.
Her approach to cases is practical and procedural. She breaks complex rules down into plain terms for people who are often interacting with the U.S. immigration system for the first time. She prepares written submissions, compiles supporting evidence and appears at bond and merits hearings. When a case requires coordination with medical experts, social services or foreign contacts, she arranges that work and integrates it into the client’s file.
Colleagues describe Callao as steady in court and precise in filings. Clients rely on her ability to explain deadlines, options and likely outcomes. She has worked on matters involving family reunification, adjustment of status and relief under various humanitarian protections. She keeps current on changes to immigration regulations and agency procedures that affect case strategy.
Callao practices from an office operating under the name Immigration Lino Callao in Maryland. She continues to represent individuals and families in immigration matters, managing cases that range from routine filings to contested removal proceedings.
She currently focuses her practice on immigration law, representing clients in Maryland before immigration courts and federal immigration agencies.
