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
Visa Bulletin Predictions and Updates from Charles Oppenheim (May 18, 2016)
Our office just came back from a discussion session here in Washington, DC with Charles Oppenheim. Mr. Oppenheim is the Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division at the U.S. Department of State. For many, he is simply known as the person responsible for the monthly and annual visa number allocations for family- and employment-based green cards. He is also the person who prepares and publishes the monthly visa bulletin which is highly anticipated every month. Our access and proximity to Mr. Oppenheim allows us to provide immediate updates on expected Visa Bulletin movements and we are proud to […]
Lawsuit Challenging Visa Bulletin Revision Dismissed
In an order dated May 16, 2016, the U.S District Court for the Western District of Washington has dismissed the lawsuit challenging the October 2015 Visa Bulletin revisions, or the so-called “visagate.” According to the court, the visa bulletin, mainly because it had not become effective at the time of the revision, did not constitute final agency action and, as a result, the court dismissed the case on technical grounds without an opportunity to amend the claims stated. […]
USCIS Publishes Rule Seeking to Raise Filing Fees
The Department of Homeland Security has just released a proposed rule seeking to amend (increase) most of the Citizenship and Immigration (USCIS) application filing fees. The weighted average of the increase is 21 percent and USCIS is adding one new fee. The proposed fee increase rule is under a comment period until July 5, 2016 with an anticipated effective date for the new fees around Fall of 2016.
Update October 24, 2016: the final filing fee increase rule has been published with an effective date of the new fees December 23, 2016.
Marriage Based Green Card Removal of Conditions – Waiver of the Joint Filing Requirement
When permanent residence status is based on marriage to a U.S. citizen, some foreign nationals receive a conditional permanent resident status valid for only two years. The permanent residence status is conditional if it is based on a marriage that was less than 2 years old on the day permanent residence was granted.
To receive a permanent green card, USCIS requires later proof that that the marriage was entered in good faith and not to evade the immigration laws. Form I-751 “Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence” must be filed by both spouses. In most cases, the joint filing requirement is […]