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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Reminder: H-1B Work Visa Quota Opens for New Filings on April 2
One of the most popular U.S. work visas, the H-1B, will start accepting filings for new H-1B employment on April 2. Pursuant to each yearly H-1B quota, new H-1B filings can be filed on April 1 (April 2nd this year because April 1st is a Sunday), at the earliest, for a starting date of employment on or after October 1.
The H-1B Quota and Expectations for This Year
When the H-1B visa category was created in 1990, Congress imposed an annual cap on the number of new H-1B visas which can be issued. Although the cap has […]
DHS Report on Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrants Residing in the US
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released its report on the numbers of unauthorized immigrants residing in the U.S. as of January 2011. The report makes a notable change in the methodology and also takes into consideration the 2010 Census data. The DHS report, perhaps unsurprisingly, indicates that an estimated 11.5 million unauthorized immigrants were living in the U.S. in January 2011 compared to a revised 2010 estimate of 11.6 million. The (very slight) decrease in the number of unauthorized immigrants is attributed mainly to the economic recession and some renewed removal efforts by the current administration.
Long Term […]
Correcting SEVIS Records: The Data Fix Explained
Created in 2002, the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) is used to track and monitor foreign students (F-1 visa holders) and exchange visitors (J-1 visa holders), as well as their accompanying dependents (F-2 and J-2 visa holders). While SEVIS has streamlined many formerly cumbersome data reporting requirements and improved information accuracy, there are occasions where the data contained in a SEVIS record is either incorrect or in need of an update because of a student or visitor’s changing circumstances. A remedying correction or update is typically obtained through a SEVIS data fix.
When Is a Data […]
Charles Oppenheim: EB-2 India and China Cutoff Date Expected to Retrogress to August 2007
Only a day after we published our own predictions for the outlook of EB-2 India and China cutoff dates over the next few months, Mr. Charles Oppenheim, the Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division at the U.S. Department of State and also known as the person responsible for the Visa Bulletin cutoff dates movement, has provided his own thoughts on the movement of EB-2 India and China.
EB-2 India and China Expected to Retrogress to August 2007
During an AILA event today, March 16, Mr. Oppenheim indicated that he will likely retrogress India and […]