Biography: Corporate Immigration

Chow King & Associates specialises in representing investors in securing residence in the US and Hong Kong, as well as the representation of corporate multinational clients wishing to transfer key personnel to these destinations on employment visas. The firm also represents individuals in the US expatriation process and in the acquisition of an alternative citizenship to facilitate visa-free travel, for tax-planning purposes or as a hedge against negative economic or political developments in their countries of origin.

Eugene Chow, the principal of the firm, is fluent in Chinese and has practised law since 1976. He is admitted to practise in Pennsylvania and California, and is a certified specialist in immigration law. 'Certified Specialist' is a designation conferred on lawyers with substantial experience in a specialty field, whose ability and experience in that field have been favourably evaluated by judges and other attorneys, and who have completed approved legal education programmes and passed a legal specialty examination administered by the California State Bar Board of Legal Specialisation.

Mr Chow graduated with highest honours in political science from Pennsylvania State University and obtained his JD from Boston College Law School. He is frequently on the faculty of legal conferences, and was an associate editor and contributing author to AILA's 2004 Global Immigration Summit Handbook and Immigration Options for Investors and Entrepreneurs. He has also written for The Visa Processing Guide: Process and Procedures at US Consulates and Embassies for the past 17 years.

Formerly on the board of two non-profit organisations which assist immigrants and refugees, Mr Chow also regularly publishes articles on international immigration law.