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Yan (Michelle) Xu
Managing Associate
Houston, TX
Managing Associate
Houston, TX
Michelle provides comprehensive immigration counsel to U.S. businesses and international organizations of all sizes. She guides clients through complex immigration matters in facing a challenging landscape of U.S. immigration law.
Known for her thorough and meticulous representation, Michelle has successfully handled a wide range of employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visa cases, family-based petitions, and immigration compliance matters. With a deep understanding of clients’ business goals and industry specific issues, she develops case strategies and offers practical solutions to support clients’ current and future business needs. As an immigrant herself, Michelle relates to her clients on both a personal and a professional level.
Michelle truly believes that the greatest asset of America is its tradition of welcoming different cultures, ideas, and knowledge from the world. Prior to joining the firm, Michelle practiced at an immigration law firm advising business, investment, and family immigration cases, and spearheaded the immigration services in the refugee re-settlement program at a leading non-profit organization in Houston, Texas.
University of Houston, J.D., 2015
University of Houston, Master of Science, Biochemistry, 2009
Wuhan University, Bachelor of Science, Biology, 2006
Selected to Texas Rising Stars, 2024
Houston’s Top Lawyers List, Houstonia Magazine, Immigration Law, 2022
American Immigration Lawyer Association, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
November 21, 2024 | Publications
The Future of Employment Verification: E-Verify+ E-Verify+ is a new voluntary government tool desig...
May 23, 2024 | Publications
USCIS Increases Automatic Extension of Certain EADs On April 4, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigrati...
October 10, 2023 | Publications
Labor Shortage? Many U.S. Employers Could Benefit from the H-2B Visa Program The H-2B visa program...
February 21, 2023 | Publications
USCIS Announces FY 2024 H-1B Cap Registration Dates The H-1B program allows companies in the United ...
January 25, 2023 | Publications
USCIS Issues Proposed Rule to Significantly Increase Filing Costs for Employers On January 4, 2023, ...
January 24, 2023 | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
Participants, all women, come from firm’s Louisville and Houston markets Three Frost Brown Todd (F...
September 27, 2022 | Publications
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Continues Push to Approve Employment-Based Green C...
April 12, 2022 | Publications
FY 2023 H-1B Cap Season Update The FY 2023 H-1B cap season is well underway. The H-1B registration p...
March 11, 2022 | Publications
H-1B Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Cap Electronic Registration Starts March 1, 2022 USCIS started accepting ...
February 9, 2022 | Publications
H-1B Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Cap Electronic Registration USCIS recently announced that it will begin a...
December 10, 2021 | Publications
Following the settlement reached in MadKudu Inc., et al. v. USCIS, et al., U.S. employers may now re...
November 10, 2021 | Coronavirus Response Team
President Joe Biden issued a Presidential Proclamation on October 25, effective November 8, revoking...
October 13, 2021 | Publications
U.S. opening to fully vaccinated travelers from Canada and Mexico The U.S. will open its borders to ...