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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Upcoming Webinar: H-1B for Foreign Entrepreneurs – Right to Control and Employee-Employer Relationship
This FREE webinar will offer strategies and tips for preparing H-1B petitions and responding to RFEs for foreign entrepreneurs and third party placement H-1B visa holders. The panel will discuss types, options and formats of documentary evidence required to support the employer-employee relationship. This session will also provide strategies and scenarios to fulfill the H-1B eligibility requirements for owners of substantial interest in the petitioning company. Register Now
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
12.30-1.30 PM EST
Immigration Compliance: Problem of I-9 Over-Documentation
Immigration related compliance is an increasing concern for U.S. employers, who are often caught between two federal agencies with opposing interests: ensuring that all workers are authorized for employment in the U.S. and protecting those who are lawfully here from discrimination.
The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (“IRCA”) requires all employers to fill out an I-9 form for all employees hired regardless of their immigration status. Employers must accept verification documents if they appear “reasonable genuine” and related to the person presenting the documents. However some employers who might be fearful of being penalized for hiring undocumented workers may […]
DOL Denies PERM Applications Due to Overly Broad Education Requirements
Our office is getting reports from clients, readers and colleagues from other firms that there is an alarming trend in recent PERM Labor Certification application denials due to an overly broad education requirement. Specifically, DOL denies PERM applications, usually after an audit, with the stated reason that the “educational requirements are too broad, and thus, the Certifying Officer is unable to determine the employer’s actual minimum requirements for the job opportunity.” In several reported cases, DOL used this identical language to deny PERM applications where the job requirements included a degree in the fields of “Engineering” or “Business.”
Specifics on the […]
August 2013 Visa Bulletin – EB-2 India Moves Forward Significantly; FB-2A is Current
The U.S. State Department has just released the August 2013 Visa Bulletin which is the eleventh Visa Bulletin for the FY2013 fiscal year. The major headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the significant forward movement in EB-2 India, FB-2A being current for every country and the lack of movement for EB-3.
Summary of the August 2013 Visa Bulletin – Employment-Based (EB)
Below is a summary of the August 2013 Visa Bulletin with respect to employment-based petitions:
- EB-1 remains current across […]