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
OFLC Annual Report Details DOL Employment Visa Processing
The Department of Labor (DOL) has released the most recent annual report for the Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC). Even though the report was recently released, it is for the 2012 fiscal year (FY2012) which covered the period between October 1, 2011 and September 30, 2012. While we understand that the relevant period is not very recent, the annual report provides a very detailed picture and analysis of the various visa application processes handled by DOL and also provides very detailed statistics and graphs.
Highlights of the OFLC Report
The […]
H-1B Work Visa Cap Season Is Underway – Opens for New Filings on April 1, 2014
On April 1, 2014 the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will start accepting applications for one of the most popular U.S. work visas, H-1B, for fiscal year (FY) 2015. Our intelligence and past experience suggest that this year’s H-1B cap season will be very short — five business days. Our office is already preparing a number of H-1B applications for our clients and we urge employers to prepare for a very short H-1B season by identifying and initiating H-1B sponsorship cases now.
About the H-1B Program and the Annual Cap
The H-1B visa category was created in 1990 through the […]
Foreign National in the U.S.: What Documents Should I Carry With Me?
Our foreign national clients and readers often ask us about the requirements on carrying specific immigration documents with them while they are in the U.S. – whether around town or for domestic U.S. travel. We find that this topic is not very well covered and many foreign nationals are not aware of the applicable requirements to carry specific immigration-related documents with them at all times inside the United States. This article seeks to explain the law and provide answers to this and related questions.
The Law: Registration and Carrying of Registration Documents
Section 262 of the Immigration […]
The SAVE System – Driving Licenses and Proving Valid Status
Unknown to many, the SAVE system allows DMV agencies throughout the United States to verify valid status of driving license applicants (where this is required). The SAVE system is run by DHS and allows states and agencies to confirm an individual’s status and eligibility to certain benefits. It all works well most of the time; however, there are instances in which the SAVE system does not have correct records and information and, as a result, delays in the application process are inevitable. This article explains the SAVE verification process.
What is SAVE?
The Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program is […]