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
Layoffs and Options for Terminated Nonimmigrant Workers and Options and Responsibilities for Their Employers
Layoffs and termination of employment is almost always a difficult process for both the employer and the impacted employee. This is especially true for workers who are foreign nationals whose nonimmigrant status in the U.S. is likely to be impacted by the termination of employment such as H-1B, TN, and others. This article seeks to discuss some common options for impacted foreign workers and also some options and responsibilities for the employers. […]
January 2023 Visa Bulletin – Cutoff Date Added to EB-1 India and China
The U.S. State Department has just released the January 2023 Visa Bulletin which is the fourth Visa Bulletin for the fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the addition of a cutoff date for EB-1 India and China, in addition to the cutoff date added to EB-2 ROW during the prior Visa Bulletin. […]
Eligibility Requirements for N-400 U.S. Naturalization and Citizenship
In order to become a U.S. citizen, each applicant must meet a number of requirements. Generally, the applicant must be 18 years of age, must continuously and physically live in the U.S. as a green card holder for at least 5 years (or 3 years, if married to and living with a U.S. citizen), must have a “good moral character”, be proficient in basic spoken and written English and demonstrate knowledge of U.S. history and government. […]
I-485 Applicants To Receive Separate EAD/AP Documents Instead of Combo Cards
USCIS has recently changed its practices and is no longer issuing the combo EAD/AP card for I-485 applicants who file concurrent I-765 EAD work permit and I-131 AP travel permit applications. Citing efforts to eliminate backlogs in EAD applications, USCIS is approving EAD and AP applications separately — most often the I-765 EAD application will be approved first and an EAD card produced first, followed by the I-131 advance parole which is printed and mailed separately.
Important Note: the EAD card alone will not permit its pending I-485 applicant holder to travel to and reenter the United States. […]