Immigration Law Professionals
The Capitol Immigration Law Group PLLC is a boutique law firm based in Washington, DC specializing exclusively in U.S. immigration and nationality law. We serve corporate and individual clients throughout the U.S. and internationally. We are proud to be able to offer practical, prompt and professional immigration and employment compliance legal advice to our clients.
Because of our focus on business immigration law, we are able to handle competently all of our individual and corporate clients’ needs in this area. Our ability to provide quality and practical legal advice lies not only in our devotion and competency in immigration law, but also in our efforts to understand our clients’ business and to act as immigration-related business advisors.
We take great pride in the quality of our work, in our professionalism and in our expertise. We provide regular client updates on important developments in immigration and compliance law and are often invited speakers to relevant business community and other labor and immigration events.
We offer free and confidential initial evaluations and we offer competitive flat fee rates for our services. Our goal is to provide stability to our clients’ immigration and compliance needs by ensuring a combination of high level of service and predictable and transparent billing arrangements.
Our typical clients are small and mid-size companies doing business in a variety of sectors, non-profit organizations, universities and foreign investors. We consider our size an asset allowing us to provide loyal, intimate and personal legal services. In addition to corporate clients, we also represent foreign nationals from over 40 countries on individual employment-related immigration matters.
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EB-2 India Per-Country Limit Reached for FY 2026 – Visa Issuance and Approvals Paused Through September 30
The U.S. State Department, working in close collaboration with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), has announced that all available immigrant visas in the Employment-Based Second Preference (EB-2) category for applicants chargeable to India have been issued for fiscal year (FY) 2026.
The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) strictly limits the number of employment-based immigrant visas that can be issued annually. Specifically, the INA sets the annual limit for EB-2 visas at 28.6 percent of the worldwide employment limit, and establishes a maximum seven percent per-country cap for natives of any single foreign state.
Employer & Applicant Advisory: In-Depth Analysis and FAQs of USCIS Policy Memorandum on I-485 Adjustment of Status Discretion and Consular Processing (PM-602-0199) GalleryEmployer & Applicant Advisory: In-Depth Analysis and FAQs of USCIS Policy Memorandum on I-485 Adjustment of Status Discretion and Consular Processing (PM-602-0199)
Employer & Applicant Advisory: In-Depth Analysis and FAQs of USCIS Policy Memorandum on I-485 Adjustment of Status Discretion and Consular Processing (PM-602-0199)
On May 21, 2026, USCIS issued Policy Memorandum (“PM-602-0199”), which lays out the agency’s view that Adjustment of Status (Form I-485) under INA § 245(a) is an “extraordinary” form of relief and a matter of “discretion and administrative grace”. The memorandum emphasizes that the adjustment process is not designed to supersede regular consular processing of immigrant visas at a U.S. consulate abroad.
While the memo does not explicitly create new statutory eligibility requirements, it signals a dramatic shift toward heightened discretionary scrutiny for both employment-based and family-based applicants. At this time, we simply do not know for sure exactly how […]
June 2026 Visa Bulletin – USCIS Continues to Use Final Action Dates for EB Filings Causing Further Retrogression for India
The U.S. State Department has released the June 2026 Visa Bulletin which is the ninth Visa Bulletin for the new fiscal year. The headline in this month’s Visa Bulletin is the noticeable retrogression in the EB-1 and EB-2 categories for India, contrasted with significant advancements in several Family-Sponsored categories—particularly the 5-month leap forward for F2A Final Action Dates.
Importantly, USCIS has announced that Employment-Based applicants must continue to use the Final Action Dates chart to determine if they are eligible to file their I-485 Adjustment of Status applications. Family-sponsored applicants are permitted to use the Dates for Filing chart.
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May 2026 Visa Bulletin – USCIS Shifts to Final Action Dates Causing EB Filing Retrogression
The U.S. State Department has released the May 2026 Visa Bulletin which is the eighth Visa Bulletin for the new fiscal year. The headline in this month’s Visa Bulletin is the noticeable lack of movement across nearly all Employment-Based categories, contrasted with significant advancements in several Family-Sponsored categories—particularly the 6-month leap forward for F2A Final Action Dates.
Importantly, USCIS has announced a major procedural shift for the month: Employment-Based applicants must now use the Final Action Dates chart to determine if they are eligible to file their I-485 Adjustment of Status applications, closing the wider filing window that was previously […]