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Nam-Giao is a Senior Associate at Fragomen’s Irvine office, where she provides clients with tailored immigration solutions, including preparing and filing family, investor and employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visa petitions.

Nam-Giao has extensive experience representing investors in the preparation and filing of EB-5 petitions and collaborating with regional centers, developers, agents, securities attorneys, economists and business plan writers involved in the EB-5 immigration process. She also has experience representing clients at adjustment of status and naturalization interviews and is well-versed in immigration litigation, having successfully filed dozens of mandamus actions in federal district courts across the country to compel decisions on long-pending cases.

Prior to joining Fragomen, Nam-Giao served as an attorney at boutique immigration law firms in the San Francisco Bay area. While in law school, Nam-Giao interned for the U.S. Department of Labor, where she reviewed U-visa applications for certification and supported the agency’s litigation strategies by preparing research memoranda and court filings. She also served as a judicial clerk for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, where she drafted opinions and presented cases before three-judge panels. As a student attorney, Nam-Giao assisted survivors of human trafficking and contributed to Massachusetts’ first-ever guide for attorneys on representing victims of human trafficking.

Nam-Giao has provided pro bono immigration services with the Volunteer Lawyers Project in Boston, Massachusetts, the Vietnamese American Bar Association of Northern California in San Jose, California and the Public Law Center in Orange County, California.

Nam Giao speaks English and Vietnamese.

Nam-Giao has provided pro bono immigration services with the Volunteer Lawyers Project in Boston, Massachusetts, the Vietnamese American Bar Association of Northern California in San Jose, California and the Public Law Center in Orange County, California.

Nam Giao speaks English and Vietnamese.

Education

  • Boston University School of Law, J.D., 2014
  • University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., cum laude, 2010

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Admissions

Bar Admissions: California

Court Admissions: U.S. District Courts for the Central, Northern and Southern Districts of California

Practice Limited to Federal Immigration & Nationality Law

Professional accomplishments

Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association

Member, Vietnamese American Bar Association of Southern California

Former Executive Board Member, Vietnamese American Bar Association of Northern California

Experience

Prepared and filed hundreds of approved EB-5 petitions for foreign investors in direct and regional center projects and I-924 applications for regional center designation.

Served as co-counsel for a mandamus action filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, resulting in a favorable finding that USCIS’ two-year delay in processing the plaintiff’s EB-5 immigration petition was unreasonable.

Drafted pleadings, motions, opposition briefs and legal memoranda for dozens of immigration litigation cases in district courts throughout the country.

Publications and lectures

Speaker, “PIHRA South OC In-Person Meeting - Immigration in Flux: What Every Business Needs to Know.” Professionals In Human Resources Association (PIHRA), Irvine, CA, 9 April 2025.

Speaker, “H-1B Visa 2025: Essential Updates and Registration Guide.” Orange County Bar Association Immigration Law Section Meeting, Webinar, 4 March 2025.

Panelist, “New Year, New Opportunities: Hot Topics in EB-5.” 37th Annual AILA CA Chapters Conference, Monterey, CA, 8 November 2024.

Panelist, “Litigating Your Way Out of Delay.” AILA, 16 April 2024.

Co-author, “How EB-5 Investors Can Still Travel Internationally After Filing a Concurrent EB-5 / Adjustment of Status Application.” EB5AN, 13 February 2024.

Speaker, “March Mandamus Series: Mock Hearing to Defend Against a MTD.” National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, Webinar, 29 March 2023.

Panelist, “Effective Uses for Mandamus Actions in Business Immigration Cases.” AILA, 28 April 2022.

Co-author, “EB-5 Revived: Reauthorization of the Popular Immigrant Investor Green Card Program.” Orange County Business Journal, 11 April 2022.

Contributor, “Representing Victims of Human Trafficking in Massachusetts: A Guide for Attorneys.” Boston University School of Law Immigrants' Rights and Human Trafficking Program, Pages 1-166, 1 May 2020.

Co-author, “Strategies for Overcoming Denials of I-829 Petitions to Remove Conditions on Permanent Residence.” Immigration Options for Investors and Entrepreneurs, 4th Edition, Pages 565-592, 17 June 2019.

Panelist, “H-1B to EB-5 Seminar.” ILW, Dallas, TX, 6 February 2019.

Panelist, “H-1B to EB-5 Seminar.” ILW, Dallas, TX, 28 November 2018.

Panelist, “H-1B to EB-5 Seminar.” ILW, Dallas, TX, 24 October 2018.

Nam-Giao’s insights

May 30, 2024 | Seminar

Fragomen Immigration Breakfast BriefingRead more

February 16, 2024 | Media mentions

EB5AN: How EB-5 Investors Can Still Travel Internationally After Filing a Concurrent EB-5 / Adjustment of Status ApplicationRead more

Nam-Giao’s insights

May 30, 2024 | Seminar

Fragomen Immigration Breakfast BriefingRead more

February 16, 2024 | Media mentions

EB5AN: How EB-5 Investors Can Still Travel Internationally After Filing a Concurrent EB-5 / Adjustment of Status ApplicationRead more

Nam-Giao’s insights

May 30, 2024 | Seminar

Fragomen Immigration Breakfast BriefingRead more

February 16, 2024 | Media mentions

EB5AN: How EB-5 Investors Can Still Travel Internationally After Filing a Concurrent EB-5 / Adjustment of Status ApplicationRead more

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