Earlier today, a group of eight U.S. Senators released a proposed framework for a comprehensive immigration reform. The document signed off by Senators Charles E. Schumer of New York, John McCain of Arizona, Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Robert Menendez of New Jersey, Marco Rubio of Florida, Michael Bennet of [...]
The start of the new year is a perfect time to assess corporate compliance with U.S. immigration laws. As Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) and the Department of Labor (“DOL”) increase their number of company audits and fines each year, it is important for employers to perform annual audits of their employment law and immigration [...]
New documents have been released recently in the prolonged lawsuit by the American Immigration Council’s Legal Action Center, on behalf of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (“AILA”), regarding USCIS’ procedures and predetermined indicators of potential fraud in the H-1B process. (For a detailed review of the lawsuit and associated documents see). Legal History In 2005, [...]
The U.S. State Department has just released the February 2013 Visa Bulletin which is the fifth Visa Bulletin for the FY2013 fiscal year. The major headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the lack of movement (again) in EB-2 India. Many have been looking forward to this Visa Bulletin in order to gauge [...]
Our office has established a reputation as one of the leading practices for handling appeals with the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) and we often receive inquiries not only about the procedural aspects of an AAO appeal but also about the current processing times for AAO cases. The AAO processing times are published monthly, at the [...]
The Department of State ("DOS") has announced and launched an online system which allows applicants who have cases pending with DOS to check the status on their applications. The system works for both Immigrant Visa (IV) and Non-Immigrant Visa (NIV) applications filed/pending at either the National Visa Center (NVC) or at a U.S. Consular Section [...]
We would like to take a moment to express our gratitude for your support throughout this year and for making it a special one for us. We are happy and privileged to have you as clients and readers and we wish you the happiest of holidays! We are looking forward to working with you during [...]
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service ("USCIS") has announced that effective February 1, 2013, USCIS will begin collecting an additional USCIS Immigrant Fee of $165.00 from foreign nationals seeking admission as permanent residents to the U.S. The fee will apply to immigrant visa applicants who have received their visa approval from a U.S. Consulate abroad [...]
The U.S. State Department has just released the January 2013 Visa Bulletin which is the fourth Visa Bulletin for the FY2013 fiscal year. The major headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the lack of movement (again) in EB-2 India. Many have been looking forward to this Visa Bulletin in order to gauge [...]
WASHINGTON, DC, December 6, 2012 — The Capitol Immigration Law Group PLLC has been named “Boutique Immigration Law Firm of the Year in Washington D.C. - 2013 Global Law Experts Practice Area Awards” by Global Law Experts for the firm’s excellence in corporate and business immigration expertise and service. This recognition follows the earlier award [...]