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
2024 H-1B Cap Season – Quota, Timeline, Requirements; Lottery Registration Window Opens March 6; Beneficiary-Centric Selection Process Announced
The new H-1B work visa “cap” season is set to begin by using the same lottery process introduced and used over the past four years. The lottery registration window will open on March 6, 2024 and will remain open until noon eastern time on March 25, 2024 March 22, 2024.
March 21 Update: the deadline for submission has been extended to March 25, 2024.
This is the fifth year since U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) changed the process of submitting first-time H-1B “cap” work visa petitions by creating a lottery pre-registration system. As in prior […]
FY2024 H-1B Cap Update: Cap Reached and Closed After Two Lottery Rounds
USCIS has announced that they have reached the H-1B cap limit for fiscal year 2024 (FY 2024). This means that they will not be conducting additional lottery rounds of selection after the initial two rounds. This also means that all H-1B cap registrants who were not selected under the first or second rounds are now considered as “Not Selected.” […]
January 2024 Visa Bulletin – Significant Cutoff Date Forward Movement and Recovery
The U.S. State Department has released the January 2024 Visa Bulletin which is the fourth Visa Bulletin for the new fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the significant (although not full) recovery among most employment-based categories after many recent months’ retrogression or lack of any movement. […]
Can I Travel Abroad While My I-485 Application is Pending? Risks and Considerations to Avoid Abandonment.
For applicants with pending I-485 applications, understanding the rules and requirements of international travel is essential in order to avoid denial due to abandonment. This article discusses the rules and requirements that must be followed to avoid denials of I-485 application due to abandonment as a result of international travel. […]