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
Do I Have to File H-1B Amendment When Changing (Remote) Worksite Locations?
With the recent increase of remote or hybrid work arrangements, and the return to office to third-party client sites, we would like to provide a reminder of the relevant H-1B rules for compliance when changing (or having already changed) worksite locations.
Pursuant to the July 21, 2015 Final Policy Memorandum (see our analysis), an H-1B amendment (and not only an LCA) is required any time there is a change in the worksite location. This applies to end client placement situations where there is a change in client and worksite. This rule also applies to remote/home office work when the […]
How to Handle H-1B Revocations Due to Multiple H-1B Cap Registrations
Many of our readers are aware of the extraordinary demand for first-time H-1B “cap” registrations over the past few years and especially after USCIS introduced a pre-registration system during the 2021 fiscal year. Under the previous H-1B “cap” filing system, a petition would have to prepare and submit a full H-1B petition (with full set of fees) for consideration under the H-1B lottery; starting 2020, USCIS only requires a petitioner to “register” an H-1B candidate for consideration under the H-1B lottery by submitting a simple questionnaire and paying a much lower submission fee.
After this year’s H-1B cap registration […]
Second H-1B Cap Lottery Completed; Newly Selected Petitions Must Be Filed by October 31st
USCIS has just completed the second round of the H-1B cap selection lottery and notified the selected applicants. The August 2023 selection round was due to the fact that a (significant) number of H-1B cap registrations selected under the first round (see our report on the staggering number of registrations) did not file an H-1B petition before the June 30th deadline; as a result, USCIS is allocating the unused numbers randomly among the non-selected cases under the first round.
Chances of Second Round Lottery Selection Remain Slim
We caution that the likelihood a registration will be selected under the second round […]
Important Update on I-9 Policy: Remote Document Inspection Now Permitted
In a world where remote work has become a prevailing norm, traditional processes are evolving to adapt to this new reality. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has recognized this shift and recently introduced a groundbreaking policy that allows for remote document inspection in the Form I-9 verification process. This policy not only reflects the changing dynamics of the workforce but also emphasizes the importance of innovation in maintaining compliance.
The Need for Flexibility:
As organizations increasingly adopt remote work arrangements, the logistical challenges of verifying employment eligibility in person have become more pronounced. The USCIS’s decision to allow remote […]