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
USCIS Increases I-907 Premium Processing Filing Fee Starting October 1, 2018
The Department of Homeland Security has announced that they are increasing the I-907 premium processing service filing fee to $1,410. The new premium processing filing fee increase will become effective for all requests mailed, postmarked or otherwise filed on or after October 1, 2018. Under the optional premium processing service USCIS is required to provide a response within 15 calendar days to most (but not all) employment-based I-129 and I-140 petitions. […]
USCIS Temporarily Suspends Premium Processing of Most H-1B Petitions
USCIS has announced that effective September 11, 2018, they are temporarily suspending premium processing for most H-1B petitions until February 19, 2019. All H-1B new employment, transfers and amendments filed with the California or Vermont Service Centers are affected. Only H-1B cap-exempt employer (filed with the California Service Center) and H-1B extensions without change with the same employer (filed with Nebraska Service Center) continue to be eligible for premium processing. […]
H-4 EAD Update: Plans to Rescind H-4 EAD Remain, Timing Uncertain
What is the status of the H-4 EAD rescission rule? This is a very common question we have been hearing over the past months and, unfortunately, while the government still appears intent on rescinding the H-4 EAD work permit, there is no specific timeline as to when and how. In a court update dated August 20, 2018, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has expressed its continuing desire to rescind the H-4 EAD program although the timing remains uncertain. Previously, DHS was expected to provide a draft proposed rule before June 2018 (see our March 1, 2018 […]
STEM OPT and Third-Party Worksites: USCIS Reverses Courses, Specifically Permits Placement
USCIS has provided much needed clarification with respect to the ability of F-1 STEM OPT holders to be placed at and provide work at a location other than their employer’s office. Under the new guidance, USCIS is specifically allowing STEM OPT to engage in training at a location other than their employer’s principal place of business as long as all of the mentoring and training obligations are met. […]