Steve Trow
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.
Steve Trow
Trow & Rahal PC
5335 Wisconsin Ave NW #920
Washington DC 20015-2054
Tel: 202 537-4830
Fax: 202 537-4831
Steve is the CEO of Trow & Rahal, a law firm he founded in 1993. He has practiced immigration and nationality law since 1980, focusing his practice exclusively on this field since 1989. From 1978 to 1989 he worked in the Washington, DC office of a major New York law firm handling corporate finance and federal regulatory matters.
Steve received his J.D. degree, with honors, in 1978 from Cornell Law School, where he served on the Board of Editors of the Cornell Law Review. He earned his B.A. degree in Political Science from the University of Colorado in 1975.
Steve is a founding member of the Academy of Business Immigration Lawyers (www.abil.com), a think-tank of premier immigration counsel. He served for seven years (2000-2007) on the Legal Advisory Board of the Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition (CAIR Coalition), a non-profit organization in Washington, DC. He is also a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the American Bar Association, and the District of Columbia Bar.
Steve is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, the International Who's Who of Business Immigration Lawyers, and the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. He is a frequent speaker and writer on business immigration issues. His recent publications include articles in the March 1, 2007 issue of Benders Immigration Bulletin and the March 26, 2007 issue of The Legal Times.
A member of the British American Business Association (BABA) since 2005, Steve regularly attends BABA meetings and events. He gave a presentation on U.S. Visa Options for British Nationals at a BABA “Business After Hours†meeting in September 2006.
Steve enjoys autocross racing, boating, blues music, and swing dancing.
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