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Mengjie (Isabella) Liao

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San Jose CA 95134

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Mengjie (Isabella) is an Associate at Fragomen’s Silicon Valley office, where she focuses her practice on U.S. business immigration and compliance matters. She provides counsel for a variety of immigrant and nonimmigrant issues and advises clients on nonimmigrant visas, PERM, I-140 and permanent residence. Isabella has experience counseling clients on strategies and processes related to permanent residence, naturalization and citizenship, as well as H-1B, H-4, F-1, B-2, L-1 and K-1 visas.

Prior to joining Fragomen, Isabella was an Associate at a mid-size immigration law firm, where she focused on employment- and family-based green card applications.

Isabella’s pro bono experience has included providing public charge legal consultations at a local clinic.

Education

  • Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D., 2016
  • University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, Master of Law, 2013
  • Guangdong University of Technology, Bachelor of Law, 2012

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Bar Admissions: Illinois

Practice Limited to Federal Immigration & Nationality Law

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Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association

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United States

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United States

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