Curtis Y. Chow

Mr. Chow regularly counsels business clients on various visa options and long-term immigration strategies for their foreign national employees, as well as compliance with immigration-related employment laws.  While Mr. Chow’s primary specialty is in the practice of immigration and naturalization law, he also regularly assists employers in various litigation and administrative law matters.  Examples of matters he has handled include:

• Assisting professors and scientists in obtaining classification as EB-1 “Outstanding Researchers” and “Aliens of Extraordinary Ability”

• Assisting foreign investors in obtaining E-2 “Treaty Investor” nonimmigrant visa status

• Assisting employers with obtaining various visa classifications including L-1 and H-1B categories for key employees

• Assisting employers and individuals in obtaining other nonimmigrant visas including O-1, R-1, Q-1, K-1, and B-1/B-2 visas

• Assisting foreign nationals with obtaining marriage-based and other family-based permanent residence and U.S. citizenship based on their relationship to U.S. citizens

• Assisting employers with large scale I-9 audits, risk assessments, and preparing compliance programs

• Counseling employers regarding compliance with federal and state immigration laws

• Representing employers in employment and immigration matters before administrative agencies such as the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, U.S. Department of Justice, and U.S. Department of Homeland Security

• Providing litigation support to employers in various matters

• Preparing employment contracts, severance agreements, confidentiality agreements, and restrictive covenants