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Cindy aspires to place the full knowledge, experience and array of services Fragomen offers at the disposal of her clients, which range from large, high-technology, Fortune 100 corporations to start-up businesses and entrepreneurs.

As a partner in the firm’s Silicon Valley office, Cindy helps major technology companies manage the volatility of the current marketplace. Her efforts include long-term strategies to reduce the expense of her clients' immigration programs without negatively impacting the job satisfaction of their immigrant workforce, alongside short-term responses to the often-extreme shifts in policy brought about by changing administrations and regulatory regimes.

Cindy’s clients value her technological acumen, which allows her and her team to outpace changes roiling the tech sector. By leveraging data analytics, she builds strategic partnerships with her clients that help them anticipate and prepare for trends, like the pace of government approvals, rather than merely react to them.

She boasts decades of experience integrating Fragomen’s powerful technology platforms with her clients’ native data and homegrown systems, creating streamlined processes that elevate employee satisfaction and reduce program expenses and approval times. Cindy places client feedback—from raw program data to personal communication—squarely at the center of the systems she designs for clients, allowing for continuous management and adjustment of program features.

Above and beyond technology, Cindy strives to integrate Fragomen’s presence within each client’s cultural landscape. She pays special attention to adapting program communications to the style and delivery expected by the client’s workforce, increasing the effectiveness of messaging and program adoption. She positions her team to be responsive to employee queries and challenges, managing difficult interactions on behalf of her client and freeing their time and energy for other endeavors.

Cindy is the head of the Silicon Valley office’s China Business Practice, through which she advises China-based companies on complex immigration issues.

Cindy speaks English and Mandarin Chinese.

She boasts decades of experience integrating Fragomen’s powerful technology platforms with her clients’ native data and homegrown systems, creating streamlined processes that elevate employee satisfaction and reduce program expenses and approval times. Cindy places client feedback—from raw program data to personal communication—squarely at the center of the systems she designs for clients, allowing for continuous management and adjustment of program features.

Above and beyond technology, Cindy strives to integrate Fragomen’s presence within each client’s cultural landscape. She pays special attention to adapting program communications to the style and delivery expected by the client’s workforce, increasing the effectiveness of messaging and program adoption. She positions her team to be responsive to employee queries and challenges, managing difficult interactions on behalf of her client and freeing their time and energy for other endeavors.

Cindy is the head of the Silicon Valley office’s China Business Practice, through which she advises China-based companies on complex immigration issues.

Cindy speaks English and Mandarin Chinese.

Education

  • The University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, J.D., 1999
  • University of California, Berkeley, B.A., 1995

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Admissions

Bar Admissions: California

Practice Limited to Federal Immigration & Nationality Law

Awards

Listed in Silicon Valley Business Journal’s Women of Influence, 2025

Listed among “Top 50 Women Leaders in Law of 2022,” Women We Admire, 2022

Professional accomplishments

Member, American Bar Association

Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association

Member, Asian Pacific American Bar Association

Member, California State Bar

Experience

Created and executed global implementation plans and assisted companies with creating and implementing worldwide immigration programs focused on enhanced employee experience, immigration compliance and streamlined processes.

Assisted numerous senior-level professionals in the high-technology industry with obtaining extraordinary ability classification based on demonstrated international expertise and prominence in their field.

Partnered with large clients to establish, tailor and maintain their respective PERM programs to support immigrant employee populations.

Publications and lectures

Speaker, “WFH vs. RTO: The Struggle is Real for Diverse Employees, DEI Initiatives, and Employers.” 2023 NAPABA Convention, Indianapolis, IN, 11 November 2023.

Speaker, “Investor Hot Topics: How to Pick a Winning Project & Having the Right Source of Funds Documents.” Lecture, Invest in America, Shanghai, China, March 23, 2014.

Speaker, “EB5 Investor Visa Category – Permanent Residency in the United States.” Lecture, ICBC (Industrial and Commercial Bank of China), Suzhou, China, April 21, 2013.

Speaker, “Latest Issues in EB5 – Learn from the Experts.” Panel, Invest in America, Shanghai, China, March 17, 2013.

Speaker, “Filing Cases on Behalf of Investors with USCIS.” Lecture, Invest in America, Shanghai, China, March 16, 2013.

Speaker, “Basics of Nonimmigrant Visas.” Lecture, Fragomen, Santa Clara, California, December 4, 2010.

 

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June 27, 2025 | Awards

Silicon Valley Business Journal Recognizes Partner Cindy Jen Among 2025 Women of InfluenceRead more
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[email protected]

T:+1 408 330 1116

F:+1 408 919 0615

Silicon Valley

Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP

2755 Orchard Pkwy

San Jose CA 95134

United States

Connect via Linkedin

Cindy’s insights

June 24, 2026 | Webinar

The Semiconductor Talent Equation: H-1B Developments and Global Mobility StrategiesRead more

November 5, 2025 | Seminar

Fragomen Silicon Valley: Immigration Breakfast Briefing and Roundtable DiscussionRead more

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Silicon Valley Business Journal Recognizes Partner Cindy Jen Among 2025 Women of InfluenceRead more
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San Jose CA 95134

United States

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Cindy’s insights

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The Semiconductor Talent Equation: H-1B Developments and Global Mobility StrategiesRead more

November 5, 2025 | Seminar

Fragomen Silicon Valley: Immigration Breakfast Briefing and Roundtable DiscussionRead more

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2755 Orchard Pkwy

San Jose CA 95134

United States

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