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
November 2021 Visa Bulletin – EB-3 India and China Significant Retrogression; End of the EB-3 India Downgrade Period?
The U.S. State Department has just released the November 2021 Visa Bulletin which is the second Visa Bulletin for the new fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the significant (but expected) retrogression in EB-3 India and China and the closing of the window for EB-3 India downgrades. There are not many changes across the other preference categories.
Which India and China Employment-based Applicants Are Eligible to File I-485 in November?
By using the Filing Dates, USCIS will allow the following India and China applicants to file I-485 in the month of November 2021:
India
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DV-2023 Diversity Visa (Green Card) Lottery Opens October 6, 2021
The Department of State has announced the DV-2023 Diversity Visa (a.k.a. “green card”) lottery dates. The dates for electronic entry submission for this year’s lottery are between noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4), Wednesday, October 6, 2021, and noon, Eastern Standard Time (EST) (GMT-5), on Tuesday, November 9, 2021.
Applicants may access the electronic Diversity Visa entry form (E-DV) at https://dvprogram.state.gov/ during the registration period. Paper entries will not be accepted. Applicants are strongly encouraged not to wait until the last week of the registration period to enter. Heavy demand may result in website […]
Biden Administration to Rescind COVID-19 Travel Bans Starting Early November
The Biden Administration announced this week that it plans to ease travel restrictions on all international travelers coming into the United States from certain countries beginning in early November 2021. The administration will rescind the COVID-19 related travel bans implemented for individuals from China, Iran, the Schengen Area, U.K., Ireland, Brazil, South Africa, and India and will instead require vaccination.
Travel Bans to be Replaced by COVID-19 Vaccination and Test Requirements
It is expected that all international travelers will be required to prove that they have been fully vaccinated against […]
October 2021 Visa Bulletin – EB-3 Retrogression; Filing Dates to Be Used for I-485 Filings in October; EB-3 Downgrade Window Closing Down
The U.S. State Department has just released the October 2021 Visa Bulletin which is the first Visa Bulletin for the new fiscal year (to start on October 1, 2021). The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the lack of movement in many categories and the retrogression in EB-3 India and China which is an indication that the government has sufficient number of EB-3 applications for review and approval in the near term. USCIS will use the “Dates for Filing” for I-485 filings during month of October. We also share predictions […]