Oliver Huiyue Qiu

About Oliver Huiyue Qiu

Oliver Huiyue Qiu (邱惠月律师) is an immigration attorney and the founder of his own law practice, the Law Office of Oliver Huiyue Qiu. Attorney Qiu has more than a decade of legal experience, and has represented both corporate and individual clients on various immigration matters, helping them to obtain benefits such as investor visas and green cards. He also has expertise in advising on deportation defense matters, unlawful presence waivers, and counseling employers on federal work eligibility compliance. The Law Office of Oliver Huiyue Qiu is dedicated to excellence in legal representation and adheres to the core value of “Dedicated Service – Creative Solution.”

Before establishing his own practice, Attorney Qiu was a partner for eight years at the New York City office of Bretz & Coven LLP, where he led the firm’s business immigration practice. He has handled such complex issues as obtaining an extraordinary ability green card for a renowned animation artist, successfully assisting a New York transportation company faced with an ICE I-9 investigation, and preventing the deportation of foreign nationals who have U.S. citizen family members. He has often represented foreign students on H-1B work visa matters and maintenance of status, and is especially experienced in solving previously unsolvable “cold cases.” Attorney Qiu has also worked at Klasko, Rulon, Stock & Seltzer LLP, where he exclusively assisted Chinese investors with the EB-5 green card process.

Attorney Qiu serves as the Co-Chair of the New York Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s Federal Practice Committee. In this role, he frequently liaisons with federal agencies such as the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the U.S. Department of Labor, and the U.S. Department of Justice. Attorney Qiu is also active in the immigration law community, having co-authored the book Immigration to USA, and having been quoted in the New York Daily News, the Daily Collegian at Penn State University, and in Chinese media outlets such as Duo Wei News and Sing Tao Daily.

A recipient of the Rulon Clerk Fellowship, Attorney Qiu graduated from the University of Utah College of Law, Salt Lake City, with his LL.M. degree in environmental law. He earned his Chinese master of law degree and his bachelor’s degree in English Language from Central China Normal. He is admitted to practice law in the U.S. Court of International Trade, the state of New York, the federal district courts in Eastern New York and Southern New York, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd, 3rd and 11th Circuits.