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: Everything you Wanted to Know about AC-21 Rules for H-1B and Green Card Portability but Were Afraid to Ask
AC21 has offered much needed relief to many immigrants in the past, and is even more critical now when hundreds of thousands of people filed I-485 Adjustment of Status applications, but are facing severe visa retrogression for the coming years. AC21 makes it possible to start a new job and career when needed or desired, before green card is approved. This FREE webinar will provide an overview of AC21 portability requirements, including the meaning of “Same or Similar” jobs and the procedure of notifying USCIS.
This session will also identify the nuances of AC21 application to H-1B nonimmigrants and will provide […]
Some Foreign Students May Experience Scrutiny and Delays at U.S. Ports of Entry
Last week, the Homeland Security Department has ordered U.S. border agents, “effective immediately”, to verify that every international student who arrives in the US has a valid student visa, according to an internal memorandum obtained by the Associated Press.
This decision came after it was discovered that a friend of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was admitted on an F-1 student visa even though his status had been revoked in SEVIS. Last year more than 500,000 student visas were issued by the U.S. Department of State.
CBP officers must now verify the status of each F-1, M-1 and J-1 nonimmigrant in […]
CILG Webinar on 5/29: Preserving and Maintaining U.S. Permanent Residence
In today’s shrinking world, where international travel is nearly as common as domestic travel, lawful permanent residents often find themselves defending their status at ports of entry. This FREE webinar will cover the steps that LPRs must take both to maintain their permanent residence and to preserve continuous residence for naturalization purposes. It will also address best practices for avoiding risk of abandonment for LPRs living abroad.
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
12.30-1.30 PM EST
Entrepreneurs in Residence – One Year Later
On May 8, 2013, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) released a summary and assessment of efforts taken during the first year of its Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIR) initiative. Launched in February 2012 in Silicon Valley, the EIR initiative brought together startup experts and USCIS immigration experts to work collaboratively to streamline pathways for a range of existing visa categories often used by entrepreneurs. As stated by Director Alejandro Mayorkas, the goal of the EIR program is “to ensure that we capture the full potential of current immigration laws to attract and retain startup enterprises that promote innovation and […]