U.S. Immigration Professionals2023-10-22T08:05:06-04:00
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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

April 2015 Visa Bulletin – EB-2 India and China Continue to Advance Notably; EB-3 China Significant Retrogression

The U.S. State Department has just released the April 2015 Visa Bulletin which is the seventh Visa Bulletin for the FY2015 fiscal year.   The major headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the significant eight-month forward movement in EB-2 India and the seven-month forward movement in EB-2 China.    EB-3 also moves forward nicely with the notable exception of EB-3 China which goes back by 9 months.

Summary of the April 2015 Visa Bulletin – Employment-Based (EB)

Below […]

March 11th, 2015|Articles, News, Visa Bulletin|

H-4 Spouse EAD: What Kind of Employment is Permitted? Can I Run My Own Business?

As our office is gearing up for May 26, 2015 when the first H-4 Spouse EAD applications under the new rule can be filed, we are receiving many questions and concerns as to what kind of employment would be permitted by the H-4 Spouse EAD, once the actual work permit is approved.    The quick answer is, “Any employment should be permitted.”  Here are some details.

Background of the H-4 Spouse EAD Rule

The new H-4 Spouse EAD rule allows certain H-4 spouses to apply for and obtain a work permit which would allow them to work in the United […]

March 8th, 2015|Articles, H-4 EAD, News|

Very Short and Busy H-1B Cap Filing Season Expected: April 1st to April 7th (Five Business Days); H-1B Lottery Likely; Last Call for H-1B Cap Filings

As we are going into the peak of the H-1B cap season, our office receives many inquiries about the duration of the H-1B filing season this year or, in other words, when will the H-1B cap be reached?      So far we have been able to compare demand with prior H-1B filing seasons and we knew that this would be a busy and very short H-1B filing season.     According to our sources (which includes clients, peer law firms and government agencies), we expect that the H-1B cap be reached […]

March 3rd, 2015|Articles, Employers, H-1B, News|

Notes from USCIS Conference Call on H-4 Spouse EAD; Recording Available for Download

Our office just completed participation in the very-busy USCIS conference call to discuss and answer questions about the upcoming H-4 Spouse EAD rule.   We are happy to share our immediate notes and reactions from the call to our readers.   We also have upcoming engagement options for our attorneys to provide more information and answer further questions about the process.

Our Notes from the H-4 Spouse EAD Conference Call

I-140 Petition from Former Employer.   One of the biggest questions about the H-4 Spouse EAD rule was answered – according to the panelists from USCIS, an approved I-140, even from a former […]

February 26th, 2015|Articles, H-4 EAD, News, USCIS|

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We offer a number of engagement and consultation options. Initial case evaluations and quotes are always free.

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