U.S. & Hong Kong Employment Visas and Permanent Resident Status

The firm represents corporate clients in obtaining US or Hong Kong employment visas or permanent resident status for its key managers, executives and professional staff as well as individual clients requiring such status. We also assist persons who have ordinarily resided in Hong Kong for seven continuous years in applications for the right of abode and in the naturalization process for HKSAR Citizenship.

Investors and Entrepreneurs

The firm represents investors and entrepreneurs in the acquisition of US permanent residency based on investments in qualified business enterprises in the US and in the acquisition of treaty investor or treaty trader nonimmigrant visas for nationals who invest or engage in substantial trade in countries that have treaties with the US. We also assist investors in obtaining resident status in Hong Kong through the Employment (investment) visa category. As the visa quota for EB-5 immigrant investor category for Mainland China born persons is backlogged, we also assist PRC nationals in acquiring nationality in a treaty country (Grenada) to help them acquire U.S. treaty investor nonimmigrant E-2 visas based on making a substantial investment in the U.S. to enable them to live and work in the U.S. on an extend basis without having to acquire permanent residency.

Alternative Citizenship

The firm advises on Economic Citizenship Programs currently available for persons interested in acquiring an alternative citizenship and a second passport without the need to fulfill residency requirements. We give unbiased information and advice on the advantages and disadvantages of the available options to individual clients as well as to legal, accounting and consulting firms who require expert advice on and assistance in this specialized area to ensure that the option selected has a sound legal basis.

One stable jurisdiction in which the firm has had two decades of experience in helping clients acquire citizenship is St. Kitts & Nevis.

Other economic citizenship programs the firm assists client with include Malta, and Grenada.

Please click through on links listed above to access brochures and more information for aforementioned Citizenship Programs.

U.S. Re-Entry Permits and Acquisition of U.S. Citizenship

The firm advises on the immigration rules which US lawful permanent residents must comply with in order to retain and maintain their legal status, and helps clients to apply for reentry permits as a protective measure so that their prolonged absence from the US will not jeopardize their legal status. We also assist spouses of US citizens working for US firms overseas in obtaining expedited naturalization without having to fulfill US physical presence requirements, and in preparing and filing applications for US citizenship for children of US citizens born or adopted abroad, who do not automatically qualify for US citizenship at birth.

Expatriation and Abandonment of Lawful Permanent Resident Status

The firm counsels and represents US citizens who wish to renounce their nationality before the US Consulate or who wish to abandon their lawful permanent resident status with the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to ensure they fully understand their rights and obligations and the tax and immigration legal consequences of their action before proceeding with the process.