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
Texas Service Center Retracts Derivative Applicants’ I-485 RFEs
Many of our clients and readers are already aware of the June 13, 2013 “RFE blizzard” where U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (“USCIS”) issued thousands of identical requests for evidence (“RFE”) on pending employment-based primary and derivative Form I-485, Application to Adjust Status. Many would remember that in our article from two weeks ago, we discussed how derivative I-485 applicants should not have been issued such an RFE. Now, in another set of thousands of notices, most dated June 26, USCIS is informing derivative I-485 applicants that their I-485 RFE is essentially retracted and they no […]
Upcoming Webinar on 7/24: PERM and H-1B Compliance for Human Resources
In light of aggressive government enforcement actions, employers and human resources professionals need to have a firm understanding of their roles and responsibilities regarding the employment of H-1B workers, the PERM Labor Certification process, and what do to in the event of a surprise government workplace site-visit. This FREE webinar details the employer’s responsibilities regarding the employment of specialty occupation workers (H-1B), PERM file maintenance and recruitment reports, and government workplace site-visits and investigation issues. Register Now
PERM and H-1B Compliance for Human Resources
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
12.30-1.30 PM EST
US Senate Passes Immigration Reform Bill (S. 744)
Earlier this afternoon the U.S. Senate voted 68-32 in favor of final passage of S. 744, the “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act” which seeks to provide a comprehensive immigration reform. We have provided an overview and analysis of S.744 when it was introduced in the U.S. Senate on April 16, 2013 and we urge our readers and clients to review the main points of S. 744. Our clients and readers can also refer to the full text of S.744, as it was passed earlier today.
Hold the Champagne: Senate Passage is an Important but […]
DOMA Struck Down — Immigration Benefits Available to Same-Sex Married Couples
On June 26, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”). In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court held that DOMA is unconstitutional because the word “marriage” in any federal law meant only a union of a man and a woman. Until yesterday, DOMA denied a number of federal benefits, including immigration, to legally married same-sex couples. As a result of the decision, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (“USCIS”) is expected to immediately recognize, for federal immigration purposes, same-sex marriages that were valid in the jurisdictions where they were performed.
Department of Homeland […]