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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News and Recent Articles
CILG In the News Commenting on the Border Situation
A recent article for Daily Signal entitled, “Deportation Mill?: Salvadoran Mom, Son Get Day in Remote Immigration Court?” provides an inside look at the case of an immigrant family in detention at Artesia, NM, which some call a “deportation mill”. CILG’s managing attorney Aleksandra Michailov was interviewed for the article and quoted throughout the article based on our pro bono involvement in issues affecting the unaccompanied children crossing our SW border.
“Aleksandra Michailov, a Washington-based lawyer who belongs to the American Immigration Lawyers Association, says the back-and-forth nature of the Sanchez hearing seems fair and […]
Capitol Immigration Law Group Named the Best for Corporate and Business Immigration in Washington DC
We are thrilled and honored to be chosen for the 2014 Global Mobility and Immigration Awards by Acquisition International and be named the Best for Corporate and Business Immigration in Washington DC.
Firms included in the 2014 “Global Mobility and Immigration Awards” list are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. “Acquisition International has set its sights firmly on the most innovative, forward thinking and client-friendly firms that have transformed the way in which companies and individuals do business,” says Sameena Yates of Acquisition International. “The […]
September 2014 Visa Bulletin – EB-2 India Again Moves Forward by Four Months; EB-3 Philippines and FB-2A Also Advance Significantly
The U.S. State Department has just released the September 2014 Visa Bulletin which is the twelfth and last Visa Bulletin for the FY2014 fiscal year. The major headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the continued notable forward movement in EB-2 India and EB-3 Philippines and the lack of movement in any of the other EB categories. Also, very notable is the significant (and long overdue) forward movement in the FB-2A category.
Summary of the September 2014 Visa Bulletin – Employment-Based (EB)
Below is a summary of the […]
F-1 OPT Cap-Gap Allows Employment Only Until September 30th
This year’s busy H-1B cap season included many H-1B employee candidates who hold F-1 status and who are employed in the U.S. pursuant to F-1 optional practical training (OPT) status. Out of these F-1 visa holders, many rely on the OPT cap-gap rule to continue working in the U.S. after the post-April 1st expiration date of the OPT and for as long as the H-1B cap petition is not denied or rejected by USCIS. However, the OPT cap-gap rule allows OPT extension only until September 30th, leaving possibly some H-1B candidates in a period of unauthorized employment.
F-1 OPT Cap-Gap […]