Cynthia B Hemphill

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Immigration Law

We provide a wide range of immigration services to assist clients in obtaining visas, temporary work authorization, US permanent resident status, and citizenship, as well as other immigration benefits. The firm has successfully handled thousands of nonimmigrant and immigrant visas.

Winning Immigration Strategies

Working with business owners, HR managers, in-house legal counsel, outside counsel, and individual clients with diverse backgrounds, avocations, and nationalities, we have served client needs in situations that involve:
* Developing and implementing strategies to hire employees from the international workforce
* Preparing and filing nonimmigrant, immigrant, and employment-based visa applications, including H-1, L-1, TN, P-1, O-1, R-1, national interest waivers, outstanding researchers, and labor certifications
* Planning and implementing large-scale employee relocation programs in conjunction with multinational mergers and acquisitions
* Coordinating the smooth transfer of employees from corporate locations outside the United States
* Obtaining and maintaining permanent resident status and US citizenship
* Providing counsel on compliance with federal requirements for verification of employees’ work authorization and related anti-discrimination provisions, and representing employers in audits and investigations
* Collaborating with tax and accounting professionals to integrate clients’ immigration issues with business, tax and personal objectives
* Structuring individual immigration solutions for high-net-worth individuals and top-level executives

Visas

Trow & Rahal offers a variety of immigration services to assist employers and individual clients with:

Nonimmigrant (temporary) Visas for Employment

H-1 (Specialty Workers/Professionals)
L-1 (Intra-Company Transferees)
TN (for Canadian or Mexican Citizens)
E-1 (Treaty Trader) and E-2 (Treaty Investor)
O-1 (Persons of Extraordinary Ability)
P-1, P-2, P-3 (Performers/Athletes)
H-2 (Seasonal/temporary workers)
H-3 (Trainees)
J-1 (Exchange Visitors)
Q-1 (Cultural Exchange)
R-1 (Religious Workers)

Immigrant Visas (Permanent Resident/Green Card)

Labor Certification Applications
Persons of Extraordinary Ability
Outstanding Professors and Researchers
Multinational Executives and Managers
National Interest Waivers
Religious Workers
Family Immigration

Other US Immigration Needs

Extension of Stay
Change of Visa Status
US-Canadian Border Issues
Work Authorization for spouses
F-1 and M-1 Student Visas
B-1 (Business) and B-2 (Visitor) Visas
J-1 Waivers of foreign residence requirement
K-1 (Fiancé) and K-3 (Spouse) Visas
Visas for Family of Permanent Residents
Visa Processing
Reentry permits
Citizenship and Naturalization
Authorization for School to Admit Foreign Students
I-9 Compliance and Audits
Vehicle Seizure and Forfeiture

Seminars

Trow & Rahal conducts seminars for HR staff, legal counsel, managers, and foreign employees to offer them a better understanding of the immigration process. Seminars typically include an overview of immigration terms, pending legislation in Congress, hot immigration topics, as well as compliance issues.

Resources

We provide clients with written material designed to convey complex immigration concepts in terms easily understood.

Cynthia B Hemphill
Trow & Rahal PC
5335 Wisconsin Ave NW #920
Washington DC 20015-2054
Tel: 202 537-4830
Fax: 202 537-4831

A Shareholder, Cynthia has practiced immigration and nationality law for over eight years at Trow & Rahal. Prior to joining our firm, she practiced as an attorney for four years in Washington, DC and Virginia, specializing in immigration and nationality law for professional sports figures, entertainers, and performing artists.

Cynthia received her J.D. degree from the Howard University School of Law in 1993. She earned her B. A. degree in Psychology from Yale University in 1983.

A member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Cynthia has served as AILA Chapter Committee Chair, Customs & Border Patrol, for two terms and as Site Coordinator in Washington, DC for AILA's Citizenship Day 2007. She is also a member of the District of Columbia and New York Bar Associations.

Cynthia is proficient in American Sign Language and conversational in French and Spanish. She enjoys spending time with her family, reading, and playing her bass guitar.