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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Understanding the New Alien Registration Requirements: Who Must Register, Penalties for Non-Compliance, and Parental Responsibilities
On March 12, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security published an Interim Final Rule (IFR) titled “Alien Registration Form and Evidence of Registration.” Under the new rule, starting April 11, 2025, non-U.S. citizens staying in the U.S. for 30 days or more must register with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (if they have not already been “registered” as part of a visa application or U.S. entry) and carry proof of registration, with failure to do so resulting in potential penalties.
The vast majority of valid visa holders who are currently in the United States are likely deemed to be […]
April 2025 Visa Bulletin – Continuing Minor EB2/EB3 Advancement
The U.S. State Department has released the April 2025 Visa Bulletin which is the seventh Visa Bulletin for the fiscal year. The headline in the month’s Visa Bulletin is the continuing minor (1-1.5 months) forward movement in Final Action dates for India and China’s employment-based preference categories which will also allow a small number of new I-485 applications to be filed. […]
The Visa Interview Waiver Process and Eligibility Explained
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) rules require every nonimmigrant visa applicant between ages of 14 and 79 to apply in person and be interviewed by a consular officer (see 9 FAM 403.5-2 , the “FAM”). But there are certain specific exceptions allowing a waiver of the interview requirement. With the current long interview scheduling wait times at many U.S. consulates, being able to have an interview waived is very valuable.
Update (February 18, 2025): DOS has restricted the eligibility criteria to applicants whose prior visa stamp was in the same classification and has expired […]
March 2025 Visa Bulletin – Minor EB2/EB3 India and China Advancement
The U.S. State Department has released the March 2025 Visa Bulletin which is the sixth Visa Bulletin for the fiscal year. The headline in the month’s Visa Bulletin is the minor (1-1.5 months) forward movement in Final Action dates for India and China’s employment-based preference categories which will also allow a small number of new I-485 applications to be filed […]