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
AAO Processing Times Report (November 1, 2010)
Our office has established a reputation as one of the premier practices for handling appeals with the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) and we often receive inquiries not only about about the procedural aspects of an AAO appeal but also about the current processing times for AAO cases. The AAO processing times are published monthly, at the beginning of the month, and we are providing monthly updates and analysis for the benefit of our clients and readers.
About the AAO
The AAO is an appeals office which handles appeals of certain […]
FY2011 H-1B Numbers Update – 46,800 Regular and 17,200 Masters Cap Visas Used (November 5, 2010)
USCIS released the weekly FY2011 information on the numbers of cap-subject H-1Bs filed since April 1. As of November 5, 2010, USCIS has received approximately 46,800 H-1B petitions counting toward the 65,000 cap (an increase of 1,200 over the past week). Similarly, as of November 5, there were 17,200 H-1B visas filed subject to the U.S. Masters cap which has 20,000 limit (an increase of about 500 over the past week).
H-1B Quota Trends – Slight Upward Trend in Regular and Masters’ Cap Filings
The numbers, as reported over the past week, show a slight increase over the past week. Last two […]
Current PERM Processing Dates and Times (as of September 31, 2010)
Our office handles a substantial number of ETA Form 9089 – Permanent Labor Certification (“PERM”) applications and we are closely monitoring the current PERM processing times not only for the benefit of our clients but also to be able to predict longer-term trends in PERM processing.
The Department of Labor (“DOL”) has provided an update on the current PERM processing dates as of September 31, 2010. Most notable is the decreased (or improved) processing time for regular PERM applications — down to 2-4 months now. The processing times, as reported by DOL, are as follows:
- Regular processing: […]
FY2011 H-1B Numbers Update – 45,600 Regular and 16,700 Masters Cap Visas Used (October 29, 2010)
USCIS released the weekly FY2011 information on the numbers of cap-subject H-1Bs filed since April 1. As of October 29, 2010, USCIS has received approximately 45,600 H-1B petitions counting toward the 65,000 cap (an increase of 1,300 over the past week). Similarly, as of October 29, there were 16,700 […]