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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2025 H-1B Cap Season – Quota, Timeline, Requirements; Lottery Registration Window Expected Early March; Higher Fees
The new H-1B work visa “cap” season is set to begin by using the same lottery process introduced and used over the past five years. The lottery registration window is expected to open around March 3, 2025 and should remain open for a period between two and three weeks. We will publish the exact dates as soon as they are announced.
This is the sixth year since U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) changed the process of submitting first-time H-1B “cap” work visa petitions by creating a lottery pre-registration system. As in prior years, the lottery allocation will be based […]
FY2025 H-1B Cap Update: Cap Reached and Closed After Two Lottery Rounds
USCIS has announced that they have reached the H-1B cap limit for fiscal year 2025 (FY 2025). This means that they will not be conducting additional lottery rounds of selection after the initial two rounds. This also means that all H-1B cap registrants who were not selected under the first or second rounds are now considered as “Not Selected.” […]
December 2024 Visa Bulletin – Minor Advancement in Final Action EB-2/EB-3 India; All Other EB Categories Remain “Stuck”
The U.S. State Department has released the December 2024 Visa Bulletin which is the third Visa Bulletin for the new fiscal year. The headline in the month’s Visa Bulletin is the fact that, other than minimal advancement in EB-2/EB-3 India Final Action Dates, there is no movement in any of the other employment-based categories; EB-2/EB-3 India Filing Dates may not advance meaningfully for “several fiscal years.” […]
The Second Trump Administration and Immigration: Changes, Challenges and What to Expect?
Based on the election campaign and results, it is clear that the second Trump administration will bring significant changes and challenges to most (if not all) immigration processes. We explore the potential directions a second Trump administration could take regarding immigration with focus on employment-based immigration. We provide an overview of the possible challenges to hopefully allow impacted employers and individuals to prepare and act in advance of the inauguration and the into the early days of the second Trump term.
But if we can offer a quick takeaway: employers and visa applicants should accelerate their plans and aim to file […]