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
August 2010 Visa Bulletin – EB-2 and EB-3 Substantial Forward Movement
The August 2010 Visa Bulletin was just released by the State Department. The eleventh visa bulletin for the fiscal year 2010 brings some substantial forward movement in the EB-2 India category which had not moved for the past few months. Also, there is some gradual forward across all EB-3 employment-based categories.
Summary of the August 2010 Visa Bulletin – Employment-Based (EB)
Below is a summary of the August 2010 Visa Bulletin with respect to employment-based petitions:
- EB-1 remains current across the board.
- EB-2 ROW (Rest of World) remains current, EB-2 China moves forward by slightly over three (3) months to March […]
Current PERM Processing Dates/Times (as of May 31, 2010)
The Department of Labor (“DOL”) has provided an update on the current PERM processing dates as of May 31, 2010. They are as follows:
- Regular processing: August 2009. DOL is processing PERM applications with priority dates in August of 2009. This suggests that there is certain forward movement for regular PERM processing. Accordingly, regular PERM processing times should be approximately nine (9) months.
- Audited applications: May 2008. This is no movement in this category in comparison to prior months. Accordingly, audited PERM applications are processed approximately 24 months after the initial PERM was filed and the priority date […]
USCIS Plans Increase in Filing Fees
In a recent announcement, USCIS, as part of their annual budget review and due to lower-than-estimated fee revenue collection, proposed a fee increase that will amount to an average increase of 10% across the board.
A formal proposal has been published in the Federal Register and there is a 45-day comment period. Some of the increases are substantial, especially when considered in conjunction with the ~60% fee increase done in 2007. For example, an I-130 petition for an alien relative will jump from $355 to $420. An I-131 application for a travel document goes up […]
FY2011 H-1B Numbers Update – 24,200 Regular and 10,400 Masters Cap Visas Used (July 2, 2010)
USCIS released the weekly FY2011 information on the numbers of cap-subject H-1Bs filed since April 1. As of July 2, 2010, USCIS has received approximately 24,200 H-1B petitions counting toward the 65,000 cap (an increase of only 700 over the week). Similarly, as of July 2, there were 10,400 H-1B visas filed subject to the U.S. Masters cap which has 20,000 limit (an increase of only 400 over the week).
H-1B Quota Trends
The numbers, as reported over the past few weeks – indicate that […]