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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How to Address H-1B RFEs Questioning the 1-Year I-485 Filing Deadline for AC21 Extensions Based on I-140 With a Current Priority Date
H-1B applicants who are submitting H-1B extensions beyond the six-year H-1B limit with a current priority date but who have not filed I-485 adjustment of status may face increased scrutiny by USCIS regarding their H-1B eligibility. While USCIS regulations generally require an adjustment of status application to be filed within one year of a visa becoming available, there are a number of legitimate reasons why an H-1B worker may not have filed their I-485 yet. […]
September 2026 Visa Bulletin – USCIS Continues to Use Final Action Dates for EB Filings; Status Quo Across Employment Categories
The U.S. State Department has released the September 2026 Visa Bulletin, which is the twelfth and final Visa Bulletin for the fiscal year. The headline in this month’s Visa Bulletin is the lack of any change across both Employment and Family categories, typical for the final month of the fiscal year, as well as the continued unavailability of the EB-2 and EB-5 Unreserved categories for India.
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 […]
CRITICAL UPDATE: Appeals Court Denies Emergency Stay — $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee Vacatur Remains in Full Effect
Following the June 8, 2026 District Court decision striking down the $100,000 H-1B fee requirement in State of California v. Mullin (PDF copy), a major appellate development has occurred. On July 24, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit officially DENIED the federal government’s emergency motion to stay the vacatur order pending appeal (PDF copy).
As a result, the temporary administrative stay—which was put in place pending the resolution of the emergency motion—has expired, and the nationwide vacatur of the $100,000 payment requirement is actively in full force. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has formally […]
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 […]