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
Extending Visa Waiver Program Period of Stay Using Satisfactory Departure
As a result of the Coronavirus/Covid-19 travel disruptions and border closures, many Visa Waiver Country nationals are in the United States within an ability to depart the U.S. before their 90-day authorized period of stay (I-94) expires. There are limited (but expanding) options for getting relief for Visa Waiver Country nationals stuck in the U.S.
About the Visa Waiver Program
The Visa Waiver Program (VWP) has been in place since 1986, and allows citizens of participating countries to travel to the United States for as long as 90 days during […]
USCIS Suddenly and Temporarily Suspends Premium Processing on All I-129 and I-140 Petitions Due to Coronavirus
USCIS has just announced that March 20, 2020 they are immediately and temporarily suspending premium processing service for all Form I-129 and I-140 petitions until further notice due to the Coronavirus/Covid-19 pandemic.
Immediate Suspension of ALL Premium Processing Services
Effective today, March 20, 2020, USCIS will not accept any new requests for premium processing. They will process any pending petition with a previously accepted premium processing service. Petitioners who do not receive a response within the mandated 15-day window will be eligible to receive […]
April 2020 Visa Bulletin – EB-2 ROW Retrogression Anticipated; FB-2A Remains Current
The U.S. State Department has just released the April 2020 Visa Bulletin which is the seventh Visa Bulletin for the FY2020 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the lack of much forward movement and the anticipated upcoming EB-2 ROW cutoff date. FB-2A remains current for I-485 AOS filings.
USCIS Temporarily Suspends Premium Processing of H-1B CAP Petitions ONLY
USCIS has just announced that effective April 1, 2020, they are temporarily suspending premium processing for H-1B cap petitions which are selected under the H-1B lottery. Please note that this suspension applies only to H-1B cap petitions filed under the annual H-1B cap season and it is expected that the premium processing service will be reinstated for all cap cases towards late June 2020. All other H-1B petitions – such as extensions, transfers, amendments – continue to be eligible for premium processing service.
Premium Processing Will Resume in Stages