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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USCIS Eliminates Duration of Status for F, J, and I Nonimmigrants; Mandatory Fixed Admission Periods and Extension of Stay Required Effective Sept. 15, 2026 GalleryUSCIS Eliminates Duration of Status for F, J, and I Nonimmigrants; Mandatory Fixed Admission Periods and Extension of Stay Required Effective Sept. 15, 2026
USCIS Eliminates Duration of Status for F, J, and I Nonimmigrants; Mandatory Fixed Admission Periods and Extension of Stay Required Effective Sept. 15, 2026
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published a final rule in the Federal Register (8 CFR Parts 214, 248, and 274a) officially replacing the longstanding “Duration of Status” (D/S) framework with fixed-date periods of authorized admission for F academic students, J exchange visitors, and I representatives of foreign information media.
Historically, nonimmigrants in F, J, and I status were admitted without a specific departure date, remaining in valid status for as long as they complied with program requirements. Under the new rule, lawful stay will no longer be determined solely by […]
Overcoming Recent DOL PERM Denials Related to Section G.10/Appendix C Foreign Degree Credentials
Our office has observed a troubling trend of the Department of Labor (DOL) issuing denials of PERM Labor Certifications (Form ETA-9089) based on allegedly “incomplete” explanations in Appendix C. This action frequently stems from how employers answer Section G.10 regarding the use of a credentialing service to qualify a foreign worker’s education (and experience).
The core issue revolves around the DOL demanding an exhaustive narrative explanation, despite the Form ETA-9089 instructions asking only for a “brief explanation” and explicitly stating what language is acceptable. Our office has been successful in reversing such […]
August 2026 Visa Bulletin – USCIS Continues to Use Final Action Dates for EB Filings; Minor Advancements in EB-3 ROW and EB-1 China
The U.S. State Department has released the August 2026 Visa Bulletin which is the eleventh Visa Bulletin for the fiscal year. The headline in this month’s Visa Bulletin is the continued unavailability of the EB-2 category for India, contrasted with minor advancements in the EB-3 category for the Rest of the World (ROW) and EB-1 category for China.
Importantly, USCIS has announced that Employment-Based applicants must continue to use the Final Action Dates chart to determine if they are eligible to file their I-485 Adjustment of Status applications. Family-sponsored applicants are permitted to use the Dates for Filing […]
FY2027 H-1B Cap Update: Cap Reached and Closed After the Initial Selection Round
USCIS has announced that they have reached the H-1B cap limit for fiscal year 2027 (FY 2027) after the initial (and only) selection round. This means that they will not be conducting additional lottery rounds of selection after the first round. This also means that all H-1B cap registrants who were not selected under the first round are now considered as “Not Selected.” […]