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Catharine Yen

Catharine Yen

Senior Counsel, Houston
713.752.4429
cyen@jw.com
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Practice Areas

  • Real Estate
  • International

Experience

  • Investment Immigration
  • Real Estate Financing

Biography

Catharine Yen is an attorney in the real estate and land use practice of Jackson Walker’s Houston office with particular experience in foreign investment and immigration matters. Catharine represents foreign nationals and immigrant investors in all aspects of the EB-5 process to facilitate cross-border and business immigration transactions dealing with regional centers and direct investments. In her practice, Catharine corresponds with and counsels individual investors, regional centers, agents, securities attorneys, economists, and business plan writers to help her individual investor clients and regional center clients accomplish their goals.

Catharine’s knowledge of the EB-5 visa program, process, and timeline has allowed her to file hundreds of approved I-526 and I-829 petitions. She also regularly prepares and files I-924 Regional Center Applications. Catharine also assists corporate clients in a variety of immigration matters, including non-immigrant visas (H1B, H1B1, E1/E2, E3, L, O, TN) and immigrant visas (EB1A and EB1C). Catharine also frequently advises clients on family-based and naturalization matters.

Prior to joining Jackson Walker, Catharine managed the entire immigration department of an international full-service law firm. She is proficient in Mandarin Chinese.

Additional Languages

Mandarin

Education

B.A., Rice University
J.D.,  University of Houston Law Center

Bar Admissions

Texas, 2011
California, 2014

Practice Experience Recognition & Accolades Publications & Speeches Community Involvement

Foreign Investment & Immigration

  • Preparation and filing of EB-5 immigrant investment petitions, including I-526 petitions, I-829 petitions, and I-924 Regional Center Applications & amendments
  • Preparation and filing of employment-based visas (EB-5, EB-1C, E-2 and L-1), family-based visas, and U.S. naturalization cases
  • Advisement on business plans, economic reports, and securities offering documents to ensure compliance with U.S. immigration laws
  • “Texas Rising Star,” Immigration Law, Super Lawyers – Rising Stars by Thomson Reuters, 2018-2021
  • “Southern California Rising Star,” Super Lawyers – Rising Stars by Thomson Reuters, 2018
  • Top 25 EB-5 Immigration Attorney, EB5 Investors Magazine, 2017
  • Co-Author, “House of Gold: Documenting Property-Related Source of Funds for Vietnamese Investors,” EB5 Investors Magazine (July 2018)
  • Co-Author, “Permissible and Impermissible Guarantees in EB-5,” EB5 Investors Magazine (November 2016)
  • Co-Author, “Evaluating an EB-5 Investor from a Regional Center’s Perspective,” American Bar Association Section of International Law, Immigration & Naturalization Committee Newsletter (November 2014)
  • Co-Author, “Immigrant Investor Visas: Emergent Trends Around the World,” American Bar Association International Law News Journal (Fall 2014)
  • Co-Author, “A Report on Source of Funds: Perils of the Administrative Fee,” EB5 Investors Magazine (Spring 2014)
  • Co-Author, “My Regional Center is Approved! Now What?” EB5 Investors Blog (January 2014)
  • Co-Author, “Evolving Escrow: Navigating Delayed USCIS processing times,” EB5 Investors Magazine (Winter 2014)
  • Co-Author, “Recent Revocations and Enforcement May Change the EB-5 Landscape,” IIUSA (June 2013)
  • American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Member
  • Asian American Bar Association of Houston, Member
    • Social Committee, 2019
    • Diversity and Inclusion Committee, 2021

Practice Experience

Foreign Investment & Immigration

  • Preparation and filing of EB-5 immigrant investment petitions, including I-526 petitions, I-829 petitions, and I-924 Regional Center Applications & amendments
  • Preparation and filing of employment-based visas (EB-5, EB-1C, E-2 and L-1), family-based visas, and U.S. naturalization cases
  • Advisement on business plans, economic reports, and securities offering documents to ensure compliance with U.S. immigration laws

Recognition & Accolades

  • “Texas Rising Star,” Immigration Law, Super Lawyers – Rising Stars by Thomson Reuters, 2018-2021
  • “Southern California Rising Star,” Super Lawyers – Rising Stars by Thomson Reuters, 2018
  • Top 25 EB-5 Immigration Attorney, EB5 Investors Magazine, 2017

Publications & Speeches

  • Co-Author, “House of Gold: Documenting Property-Related Source of Funds for Vietnamese Investors,” EB5 Investors Magazine (July 2018)
  • Co-Author, “Permissible and Impermissible Guarantees in EB-5,” EB5 Investors Magazine (November 2016)
  • Co-Author, “Evaluating an EB-5 Investor from a Regional Center’s Perspective,” American Bar Association Section of International Law, Immigration & Naturalization Committee Newsletter (November 2014)
  • Co-Author, “Immigrant Investor Visas: Emergent Trends Around the World,” American Bar Association International Law News Journal (Fall 2014)
  • Co-Author, “A Report on Source of Funds: Perils of the Administrative Fee,” EB5 Investors Magazine (Spring 2014)
  • Co-Author, “My Regional Center is Approved! Now What?” EB5 Investors Blog (January 2014)
  • Co-Author, “Evolving Escrow: Navigating Delayed USCIS processing times,” EB5 Investors Magazine (Winter 2014)
  • Co-Author, “Recent Revocations and Enforcement May Change the EB-5 Landscape,” IIUSA (June 2013)

Community Involvement

  • American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Member
  • Asian American Bar Association of Houston, Member
    • Social Committee, 2019
    • Diversity and Inclusion Committee, 2021

Practice Areas

  • International
  • Real Estate

Experience

  • Investment Immigration
  • Real Estate Financing

News

  • Jackson Walker Congratulates Its 2021 Texas Rising Stars
  • USCIS Increases Filing Fees for Certain Immigration Petitions and Applications
  • Impacts of COVID-19 on U.S. Immigration and Travel Policies
  • Embassies and Consulates to Resume Phased Visa Processing
  • JW Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter – June 2020
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