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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EB-5 Regional Centers
About EB-5 and the Regional Center Program
In 1990, the U.S. Congress created the fifth employment-based preference category (EB-5) for qualified foreign entrepreneurs seeking to invest in a business that will benefit the U.S. economy and create or save at least 10 full-time jobs. The basic amount required to invest is $1 million, although that amount is reduced to $500,000 if the investment is made in a rural or high unemployment area. Of the approximately 10,000 EB-5 green cards available each year, 3,000 are reserved for foreign nationals who invest through a Regional Center.
A Regional Center is a private enterprise or […]
EB-5 Updates and Statistics
In a December 14, 2009, meeting, USCIS has provided some helpful information about the current state of the EB-5 program.
I-526 Premium Processing Possible Later in the Year
A review of the question of reinstating premium processing for I-526 petitions will be done during the second quarter of 2010. USCIS will reinstate premium processing if it determines that it has sufficient resources at the California Service Center to adjudicate I-526 within the 15-calendar day window.
EB-5 Statistics
As of December 14, 2009, USCIS was able to provide only statistics for fiscal year 2009 (FY 2009). Accordingly, in FY 2009, where were 1,028 I-526 petitions […]
Current PERM Processing Dates/Times (as of December 31, 2009)
The Department of Labor (“DOL”) has provided an update on the current PERM processing dates as of December 31, 2009. They are as follows:
- Regular processing: March 2009. DOL is processing PERM applications with priority dates in March 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: December 2007. This is movement forward of two (2) months in comparison to the November 31, 2009 report, resulting a net additional gain of one (1) month for audited PERM applications. Accordingly, audited PERM processing times should […]
February 2010 Visa Bulletin – Slow Progress for Some, No Movement for India
The February 2010 Visa Bulletin was just released by the State Department. The fifth visa bulletin for the fiscal year 2010 and the second for the calendar 2010 does not bring much movement. There is no movement for India across all employment-based categories. For many other categories, the only forward movement is in the 1-2 months range. Here is a summary of the February 2010 Visa Bulletin:
- EB-1 remains current across the board.
- EB-2 ROW remains current, EB-2 China moves forward by three (3) weeks to May 22, 2005, and EB-2 India, again, remains unchanged at January […]