Michael Cao is a U.S. immigration attorney licensed to practice in the state of Texas since 1999. As founder of CAO and Associates, P.C., he leads a firm which is geared majorly towards immigration matters, including EB-5 investor representation. CAO and Associates, P.C., has law offices located in Houston, Bellaire (Houston), Dallas, and Grand Prairie, Texas, along with a representative office in Saigon, Vietnam.
Attorney Cao has experience assisting immigrant investors seeking to obtain their permanent residency through the EB-5 visa program. His EB-5 expertise consists of guiding investors and their dependents through the entire permanent green card process, beginning with preparation and filing of the I-526 Immigrant Petition, through successful filing of the I-829, Petition by Entrepreneur to Remove Conditions.
Since founding CAO and Associates, P.C., Attorney Cao and his team have also helped hundreds of Vietnamese families unite through USCIS family-based petitions. The firm possesses particular expertise in asylum matters, visa waivers, green cards through employment, and more. In addition to immigration cases, the firm offers services related to business law and multi-national business investment consulting, among other matters. Attorney Cao and his team are recognized for their creative advocacy and zeal in representing clients, and are dedicated to providing the experience their clients need in order to get the results their clients want.
Attorney Cao is an active member of the American Immigrations Lawyers Association (AILA). He earned his law degree from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University in 1998 and a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Wichita State University in 1990. He is bilingual in Vietnamese and English.