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Vera Chen GMS

Paralegal

T 503.778.5303 Portland
I make temporary and permanent relocation across borders—for you, your company, and your loved ones—a breeze.
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Vera Chen is an immigration paralegal and certified Global Mobility Specialist with more than 25 years of experience in Chinese, Russian, Taiwanese, and U.S. immigration practices. She assists with petitions, applications, and appeals related to employment, family-based, and asylum immigration matters.

Vera's areas of focus include:

  • Global immigration program management
  • Research case laws and prepare appeals
  • Prepare and file for various nonimmigrant temporary working visas (E, H, L, O, and TN, etc.); and various family and employment-based immigrant petitions (multinational managers/executives, extraordinary ability aliens, EB5s, etc.) with U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services
  • Review and recommend changes to petitioners’ business plans
  • Prepare and file for Labor Certifications with U.S. Department of Labor (PERMs)
  • Consular processing, and international adoption and surrogacy issues
  • International client relationship management and liaison; certify translations

Education

  • Executive MBA, University of Washington, 2017
  • B.A., Russian, University of Oregon, 1997

Languages

  • Mandarin, Taiwanese, and Russian

Memberships & Affiliations

    • Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce of Oregon, 2022-present
    • Girl Scouts of Oregon and SW Washington, 2013-2021
    • Volunteer translator, International Children’s Digital Library, 2009-2013
    • Rotary Club of Krasnoyarsk-Enesei, Russia, 2009-2011

Professional Recognition

    • Global Mobility Specialist (GMS), Worldwide ERC, 2011

Background

    • Executive Assistant for General Director, Russia (forest products industry), Krasnoyarsk, Russia, 2009-2011; and for Sales Manager, Shanghai, China, 2006-2008
    • Immigration Paralegal, Tonkon Torp LLP, Portland, Ore., 2001-2005
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