Subject: Re: John Sandweg bio -- immigration attorney
From: "Gongwen Dong" <[email-masked]>
To: "John Sandweg" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Sara Biden" <[email-masked]>, "Mervyn Yan" <[email-masked]>, "Robert Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 20:41:46 +0800

Hi John, as a follow up to our call yesterday, the two persons in Shanghai
didn't apply B1/B2 visa in the past. To summarize the situation:

1) Liqiong Wu and Yikun Ye (chairman's wife and daughter): have B1/B2 and
they are currently in NYC

2) Junkun Ye (chairman's son): has F1 visa. So there is no problem.

3) Rongyu Qiu (chairman's mother): has B1/B2 and currently in NYC

4) Lizhen Yao (nanny): has B1/B2 and currently in NYC

5) Yumei Guan (chairman's mother-in-law): no visa, and didn't apply in the
past. Currently in Shanghai

6) Zhenlong Qiu (chef): no visa, and didn't apply in the past. Currently in
Shanghai

Chairman's intention is to apply long-term visa for the above people except
Junkun Ye who as F1 visa. Please advise what's your strategy. I'm generally
available for a call today. Thanks.

Kevin

On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 12:25 AM, John Sandweg <[email-masked]>
wrote:

> Kevin-
>
> Feel free to call now if that works.  I am available on my land line at
> 202-888-2355 <(202)%20888-2355> or on my cell at 202-754-2303
> <(202)%20754-2303>.
>
> On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 9:17 AM, Gongwen Dong <[email-masked]>
> wrote:
>
>> Sara, many thanks for the introduction!
>>
>> John, pleasure to meet you by email. When is a good time for a call?
>>
>> Kevin
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 11:36 AM, Sara Biden <[email-masked]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> John, meet Kevin (Gongwen) and Melvyn, representatives of the Chairman
>>> of CEFC in the U.S.  Pretty sure you know Hunter!
>>>
>>> Below is contact information for each of you so you can interface
>>> directly.  Let me know if you need any further facilitation.
>>>
>>> Sara
>>>
>>> John Sandweg
>>> 202 754-2303 <(202)%20754-2303> direct cell
>>> [email-masked]
>>>
>>> Gongwen Dong (Kevin)
>>> 516-713-6006 <(516)%20713-6006> direct cell
>>> [email-masked]
>>>
>>> Mervyn Yan
>>> 917-402-0017 <(917)%20402-0017> direct cell
>>> [email-masked]
>>>
>>> Their  NYC office is located at
>>>
>>> 40 West 57th Street
>>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=40+West+57th+Street%0D+16th+Floor+%0D+New+York,+NY+10019&entry=gmail&source=g>
>>> 16th Floor
>>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=40+West+57th+Street%0D+16th+Floor+%0D+New+York,+NY+10019&entry=gmail&source=g>
>>> New York, NY 10019
>>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=40+West+57th+Street%0D+16th+Floor+%0D+New+York,+NY+10019&entry=gmail&source=g>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sep 12, 2017, at 10:41 PM, Gongwen Dong <[email-masked]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yes please. Thanks.
>>>
>>> 发自我的 iPhone
>>>
>>> 在 2017年9月12日，下午12:02，Sara Biden <[email-masked]> 写道：
>>>
>>> Kevin and Mervyn,
>>>
>>> below is the link to the bio of John Sandweg, the visa/immigration
>>> expert that Jim recommended and has been interfacing with re the Zang/Chen
>>> visas.  Jim mentioned that the Chairman is in need of similar services.
>>> Would you like me to put you in direct touch with Mr. Sandweg?  He is in
>>> private practice now and is heard of his own firm, Frontier Solutions.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.frsdc.com/john-sandweg/
>>>
>>> JOHN SANDWEG
>>>
>>> John R. Sandweg previously served as the Acting Director of U.S.
>>> Immigration and Customs Enforcement and as the Acting General Counsel of
>>> the Department of Homeland Security.
>>>
>>>  As the Acting Director, Mr. Sandweg led approximately 20,000 employees
>>> in every state and 47 countries in the agency's mission to enhance public
>>> safety and border security through the enforcement of federal border
>>> control, customs, trade and immigration laws. While at ICE, Mr. Sandweg
>>> prioritized ICE’s intellectual property enforcement and cybersecurity
>>> efforts and worked to improve statistical transparency regarding
>>> immigration enforcement.
>>>
>>>  As the Acting General Counsel, Mr. Sandweg served as the chief legal
>>> officer for the Department, advising the Secretary and the Department’s
>>> senior leadership on all significant legal, policy, and operational issues
>>> and overseeing more than 1,800 lawyers in the Department’s headquarters and
>>> operating components. Mr. Sandweg played an instrumental role in
>>> Departmental policies, programs, and legislative efforts, including the
>>> Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, pre-clearance operations,
>>> customs compliance and export controls, cybersecurity, and the SAFETY Act.
>>>
>>> Prior to his service as Acting General Counsel, Mr. Sandweg served as
>>> Counselor at the Department of Homeland Security where he provided
>>> strategic advice and counsel on operational and policy direction and was a
>>> principal architect of the Department’s immigration, border security, and
>>> law enforcement policy. Mr. Sandweg is a recognized expert, frequently
>>> quoted in the New York Times, Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, NPR, and
>>> many other publications.
>>>
>>> Prior to his service at the Department of Homeland Security, Mr. Sandweg
>>> was an attorney in private practice.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
> --
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