Angel focuses her practice on business immigration matters and related compliance issues. She works with employers in designing and defining corporate immigration programs and policies, and in structuring short and long-term visa strategies for management, professional and specialized skill foreign employees. She also advises employers on discipline, suspension and/or termination of visa sponsored employees and litigation prevention measures; and counsels clients on employment eligibility verification, I-9, and E-verify compliance and employer defense in ICE audits, and worksite investigations.
Angel’s expertise includes developing visa strategies during M&A transactions (reorganizations, mergers, acquisitions, divestments, etc.) and minimizing a transaction’s impact on key employees.
She has extensive experience in obtaining non-immigrant work visas and employment-based immigrant visas, including H-1B, L-1A, L-1B, E-3, TN, P-1, O-1, E-1, E-2, PERM, EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3 categories.
As a regular contributor to Mintz’s immigration blog, Angel often provides employers with insight on immigration-related developments that may affect their businesses and offers tips for responding to government agency activities, such as Department of Homeland Security worksite visits and inspections.
Prior to joining Mintz, Angel was senior counsel at a law firm in New York where she advised on corporate immigration strategies. She has also served as an Assistant Vice President & Counsel at Fortune 100 financial company where she oversaw all immigration and employment matters. Angel has practiced as an attorney at various national and regional law firms, as well as non-profits, where she has provided immigration and employment law counseling as well as employment litigation representation.
Angel has been recognized by The Legal 500 United States in the area of Employment: Immigration as a “Next Generation Lawyer” and is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and several other professional organizations. She is a director and a past president of the Connecticut Asian Pacific American Bar Association and has served on the Connecticut Bar Association’s diversity committee, on the board of the Connecticut Hispanic Bar Association, and on the task force of the Asian Pacific American Coalition.
She is fluent in Mandarin, Spanish, and Taiwanese.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Angel Feng
- USCIS to Increase Immigration Filing Fees Effective April 1, 2024 - (Posted On Wednesday, January 31, 2024)
- Explaining the New I-9 Regulations and Revised Form I-9 [Video] - (Posted On Thursday, August 24, 2023)
- DHS Releases New Form I-9 as New Flexibility for Qualified Employers Takes Effect - (Posted On Thursday, August 10, 2023)
- The International Entrepreneur Parole Rule: USCIS Provides Further Guidance - (Posted On Thursday, June 22, 2023)
- USCIS Started the Third Phase of Its Premium Processing Implementation for Certain Previously Filed Form I-140 Petitions - (Posted On Thursday, September 22, 2022)
- USCIS Started the Third Phase of Its Premium Processing Implementation for Certain Previously Filed Form I-140 Petitions - (Posted On Thursday, September 22, 2022)
- CBP Begins Issuing New I-94 Designations for L-2 and E Dependent Spouses Granting Employment Authorization Incident to Status - (Posted On Friday, February 18, 2022)
- USCIS Announces H-1B Cap Registration Period for March 2022 - (Posted On Monday, January 31, 2022)
- USCIS Announces Policy Changes for H-4, L-2, and E-1/E-2/E-3 Dependent EAD Workers - (Posted On Tuesday, November 23, 2021)
- DHS Settlement Will Benefit L-2 and H-4 EAD Workers - (Posted On Friday, November 12, 2021)