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Jeng-Ya (Jen) Chen

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Practice Areas:

Legal Assistant:

Guiding business and family immigrants through visas, green cards, and legal complexities.

Jen focuses her practice on business and family-based immigration. She specializes in working with immigrants of all backgrounds to help make their American dream a reality.

Jen handles a wide range of temporary work visas, including, but not limited to, O-1 individuals of extraordinary ability, H-1B and E-3 professionals, TN professionals, L-1 intra-company transfers, E-2 treaty investors, and P-1 for artists and athletes. She also supports employment-based green card applications through PERM labor certification and immigrant petitions for individuals of extraordinary ability and individuals with advanced degrees requesting national interest waivers. She currently serves as the Vice Chair for the Washington Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), having previously served as Treasurer and Programs Chair.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

  • Speaker, AILA Northwest Regional Conference, Hot Topics in Business Immigration (2025)
  • Speaker, “Know Your Rights: An Employer’s Guide to Immigration Enforcement”, Ryan Swanson’s Annual Employment Law Virtual Seminar (2025)
  • Speaker, Taiwanese Youth Alliance of Pacific Northwest, Immigration 101 (2024)
  • Speaker, AILA Northwest Regional Conference, Merit-Based Petitions (2023)
  • Speaker, Taiwanese Youth Alliance of Pacific Northwest, Immigration 101 (2023 – Present)
  • Speaker, AILA Annual Conference, The EB-1A, NIW, and Schedule A in Nontraditional Fields (2022)
  • Speaker, AILA Northwest Regional Conference, Recent Trends in RFEs (2022)
  • Speaker, Ryan Swanson Webinar, “How to Prepare for the H-1B Lottery and New Electronic Registration System” (2021)

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • Listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch

LANGUAGES

  • Mandarin Chinese (native)
  • Taiwanese (conversational)
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • Treasurer, Washington Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2024 – Present
  • Programs Chair, Washington Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2022 – 2024
  • Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association

HOBBIES & INTERESTS

Jen was born and raised in Taiwan. As a child, her family spent time in Minnesota where she would make weekly trips to the St. Paul Public Library with her red wagon. Outside of work, she enjoys volunteering at local legal clinics, reading fiction, and playing Frisbee with her dog.

Credentials

Education

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