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Our Practice

Immigration

Tsao-Wu, Chow & Yee LLP is committed to providing quality immigration services to our corporate and individual clients. Our firm specializes in obtaining H-1B employment visas. In the area of family immigration, we are highly successful in reuniting families including spouses, children, step-children, parents, siblings and fiancés. In particular, we have a high track record of success for marriage based adjustment of status petitions. Our employment immigration service includes EB-1 Extraordinary Ability, Outstanding Researcher, or Multinational Manager petitions, EB-2 National Interest Waiver petitions, Religious Worker petitions and Labor Certification PERM. Our employment immigration clientele includes a wide range of professions including scientists, engineers, athletes, domestic workers and Buddhist nuns.

In the area of non-immigrant visas, we are successful in obtaining H-1B professional worker visas, E-2 treaty-investor visas, TN visas for Mexican or Canadian citizens, P visas for athletes and entertainers, L-1 intercompany transfer visas, O-1 extraordinary ability visas, and R religious worker visas.

In the area of investment immigration, our firm is experienced in both the traditional million dollar investment program and the $500,000 regional center investment programs. We make sure to keep abreast of changing laws and regulations to ensure that our clients’ investments result in permanent residency. In addition, we are able to draw on our business expertise to provide complete legal services to our clients, which may include company incorporation, formation and structuring.

We have assisted hundreds in individuals with the citizenship and naturalization process. This includes dealing with possible criminal issues which may affect one’s right to naturalize. In addition, we have successfully appeared on behalf of our clients before the USCIS in naturalization and adjustment of status proceedings, as well as before the Immigration Court in removal proceedings.