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.
Our Mission | Our Pledge | Our Fees | Consultation Options | Practices | Profiles | Testimonials
News and Recent Articles
September 2013 Visa Bulletin – EB-2 India and EB-3 Advance Significantly; FB-2A Remains Current But For Not Much Longer
The U.S. State Department has just released the September 2013 Visa Bulletin which is the last Visa Bulletin for the FY2013 fiscal year. The major headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the continued significant forward movement in EB-2 India, the significant forward movement in EB-3 and the fact that FB-2A remains current for every country but with an expected cutoff date next month.
Summary of the September 2013 Visa Bulletin – Employment-Based (EB)
Below is a summary of the September 2013 Visa Bulletin with respect to employment-based petitions:
- EB-1 remains current across the board.
- EB-2 for ROW, Mexico and Philippines are […]
19 Diplomatic Posts Remain Closed Due to Potential Terrorist Activity
U.S. diplomatic posts in 19 cities in the Mideast and North Africa will remain closed until Saturday, August 10, though the closures could be extended beyond this date and to other posts.
Per the Department of State, the following U.S. embassies and consulates are affected:
Manama, Bahrain
Bujumbura, Burundi
Djibouti
Cairo, Egypt
Amman, Jordan
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Antananarivo, Madagascar
Port Louis, Mauritius
Tripoli, Libya
Muscat, Oman
Doha, Qatar
Kigali, Rwanda
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Khartoum, Sudan
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Sana’a, Yemen
Also a Worldwide Travel Alert has also been issued for U.S. citizens traveling abroad.
E-Verify Program Going Strong Based on new USCIS Reports
USCIS has just released new Reports on the E- Verify Program that focused on the accuracy of the program, employer opinions, employer and employee experiences in Arizona after state legislative mandates went into effect, and E-Verify Employer Agent (EEAs). The overall results from each of the studies show that the E-Verify users have confidence in the system, find it straightforward to use and appreciate the amount of customer service they receive when using E-Verify.
E-Verify is an Internet-based, free program run by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in partnership with Social Security Administration that compares information from an employee’s […]
Implementation of Immigration Benefits for Same-Sex Marriages
As we reported last month, on June 26, 2013, the Supreme Court held that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional. With the end of DOMA, the immigration agencies have begun the task of implementing the Windsor decision and married LGBT couples can now access the marriage-based immigration benefits and other forms of relief from removal.
In an effort to clarify the eligibility and requirements, USCIS has issued Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQ”) pertaining to same-sex marriages. The agency indicated that it will treat a same-sex marriage “exactly the same as an opposite-sex marriage,” for immigration […]