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
What Are The Most Common H-1B RFE Issues?
Navigating the H-1B work visa program can be a daunting task for both employers and foreign professionals. USCIS’s adjudication standards change from time to time based on political and other factors making the H-1B program subject to varying degrees of scrutiny. This scrutiny is most often exercised during the Request for Evidence (RFE) process during which USCIS seeks additional information to adjudicate a petition. Understanding the most prevalent H-1B RFE issues is essential in preparing strong petitions that stand a higher chance of approval. In this article, we highlight the common RFE issues, offering insights and resources to address them […]
How to Address H-1B RFEs Questioning the Beneficiary’s Educational Qualifications?
One of the common RFE issues raised by USCIS in connection with H-1B petitions is the suitability of the beneficiary’s educational (and experience) qualifications. There are two aspects to this RFE issue — whether the degree itself is a US-equivalent degree and also whether the field of study is in line with the specialty occupation position requirements. […]
Analysis of USCIS Proposal to Improve and Expand the H-1B Program
USCIS has released a proposed rule which seeks to change the H-1B visa program regulations. The changes are generally positive and seek to allow greater flexibility for petitioners and to strengthen the H-1B cap lottery program. Also, the proposed rule seeks to expand the availability of H-1B to owner-beneficiaries which will be great news for many entrepreneurs. […]
USCIS Increases Maximum EAD (and AP) Validity Period to Five Years
USCIS has announced (and already implemented) that certain work authorization documents (EAD) will be issued with validity of up to 5 years; a significant increase from the current 2-year maximum. Similarly, advance parole documents (issued separately or together as part of a “combo” EAD/AP card) can also be issued with term of up to 5 years. […]