David Van Vooren

David joined David Hirson & Partners, LLP in 2014 and currently leads the Seattle office as a Partner. David concentrates his practice in corporate and investment-based immigration law. David has substantial experience advising foreign investors and entrepreneurs on U.S. immigration matters and has successfully handled numerous L-1 and E-2 visa cases for clients with startup companies in the U.S. David also regularly advises corporations on immigration compliance issues and developing long-term immigration strategies. He has experience advising and assisting businesses on H-1B, PERM Based EB-2/EB-3, and TN visas for their foreign national employees as well as EB-1As and National Interest Waivers for the self-petitioner clients with extraordinary ability in the fields. In addition, David works on EB-5 immigrant investor program matters, including the creation of new EB-5 Regional Centers, advising businesses on EB-5 corporate structuring and financing, and working closely with securities attorneys, economists and business plan writers to ensure compliance with EB-5 program requirements. David prepares and files I-526 and I-829 petitions on behalf of Regional Centers and investors and is able to guide investors through the entire EB-5 immigration process. David has successfully taken the lead in assisting Regional Centers and investors in responding to complex Requests for Evidence (RFEs) pertaining to pending I-526 and I-829 petitions. David also works alongside tax and estate planning attorneys to counsel high net worth individuals on comprehensive immigration planning. Prior to joining David Hirson & Partners, LLP, David worked in-house at a Regional Center where he worked with outside corporate and immigration counsel to develop and structure EB-5 projects. Prior to that, David worked in the Shanghai office of a large business immigration law firm where he was a member of their global immigration practice and advised EB-5 investors on lawful source of funds requirements. David has nearly a decade of experience living and working in China and is proficient in speaking and reading Chinese. Representative Experience Represented numerous foreign investors and entrepreneurs on strategies to establish U.S.-based businesses and transfer executive and manager-level employees in E-2s and L-1A visas. Assisted hundreds of foreign nationals obtain legal permanent residence through the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa Program Counseled several EB-5 Regional Centers and obtained I-924 exemplar approvals for EB-5 projects that amount to several hundred million in EB-5 financing.

• Partner
• Languages
• Chinese
• English

• Panelist, “Options for Investors in “Busted” Deals and Terminated Regional Centers”, IIUSA 9th Annual EB-5 Industry Forum, Seattle, Washington, October 30, 2019
• Presenter, “ILW’s H-1B to EB-5 Seminar,” Immigration Law Weekly, San Jose, California, August 31, 2018
• Speaker at numerous EB-5 seminars and informational sessions across Asia

• Served as screening and review attorney at numerous citizenship clinics associated with the Seattle Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs

• District of Columbia
• Washington

• American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
• King County Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Invest in the USA (IIUSA)
• EB-5 Verified by EB5Investors.com