Family-Based Immigration
Marriage-based green cards, fiancé visas, parent and child petitions, consular processing, adjustment of status, and family immigration questions.
Immigration, family, business, criminal, patent, international trade, and estate planning counsel for clients across Dallas, Richardson, Plano, Irving, Carrollton, Frisco, and North Texas.
Immigration law is personal. A visa, green card, work authorization, waiver, appeal, or citizenship case can affect your family, your career, your business, and your future in the United States. Yu, South & Associates PLLC helps clients understand their options, prepare strong filings, and move forward with a clear legal strategy.
From our Dallas office near LBJ Freeway, our attorneys serve individuals, families, professionals, employers, entrepreneurs, investors, students, and multinational clients throughout North Texas. We are especially proud of our long history serving the Chinese-American community while welcoming clients of every background.
Whether you are petitioning for a family member, sponsoring an employee, responding to an immigration notice, preparing for naturalization, or planning a business move to the United States, our firm helps you identify the correct path before paperwork becomes a problem.
Explore Immigration & Nationality LawMarriage-based green cards, fiancé visas, parent and child petitions, consular processing, adjustment of status, and family immigration questions.
Work visas, employer petitions, professional immigration strategies, I-140 and I-485 matters, requests for evidence, and case planning.
Immigration support for entrepreneurs, investors, international companies, executives, managers, and businesses expanding into the United States.
Permanent residence, naturalization, renewals, immigration denials, appeals, waivers, and legal guidance when a case becomes more complex.
Dallas immigration attorneys for family petitions, work visas, green cards, citizenship, investor matters, denials, appeals, and complex immigration questions.
Learn MoreCriminal defense with attention to immigration consequences, protecting your rights, your future, your record, and your ability to remain in the United States.
Learn MoreDivorce, custody, adoption, prenuptial agreements, name changes, and family matters handled with discretion, compassion, and practical legal guidance.
Learn MoreBusiness formation, compliance, contract drafting, commercial disputes, and legal support for companies operating in Texas and across borders.
Learn MoreIntellectual property guidance, patent search and applications, trademark registration, infringement issues, and IP strategy for creators and businesses.
Learn MoreImport and export issues, customs disputes, foreign investment, joint ventures, and legal guidance for businesses moving between US and Asian markets.
Learn MoreWills, trusts, powers of attorney, guardianship declarations, probate guidance, and estate planning for families and business owners.
Learn MoreYu, South & Associates was founded in 1991 and has built a reputation for careful preparation, practical communication, and steady guidance through difficult legal moments. Our firm is deeply rooted in the Dallas Chinese-American community and serves clients from many cultures, countries, and industries.
Immigration matters often overlap with employment, family, criminal, business, international trade, intellectual property, and estate concerns. Because our firm offers a broad range of legal services, we can help clients see the bigger picture before making decisions that may affect status, family, ownership, travel, or long-term planning.
We listen to your goals, deadlines, notices, immigration history, family concerns, employment needs, and any risks that may affect your case.
Our team explains available options, likely evidence needs, timing concerns, and the legal path that best fits your circumstances.
We help organize forms, supporting documents, legal arguments, translations, exhibits, and responses so your case is presented clearly.
From interviews and requests for evidence to renewals, appeals, or follow-up filings, we keep your next step understandable.
Yu, South & Associates brings together immigration experience, international legal knowledge, Texas practice leadership, and hands-on client support for families, professionals, businesses, and international clients.
Becky L. Yu has focused her legal practice on the ever-changing field of U.S. immigration law since 1991. She earned her first law degree from China University of Political Science & Law in Beijing in 1985 and later received an advanced LL.M. degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas in 2000.
Her legal background includes work as an Assistant District Attorney, where she participated in successful felony prosecutions, as well as more than seven years serving as general counsel for a major international company. That experience included international trade, joint ventures, trademark matters, and internal and external corporate legal affairs.
Attorney Brian M. South serves as a trusted advisor for clients facing sensitive legal issues that can affect their families, businesses, and futures. He is a co-founder of Yu, South & Associates, PLLC and manages the firm’s Texas law practice group.
Mr. South graduated summa cum laude with his Juris Doctorate from St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio in 2000 and was licensed by the Supreme Court of Texas that same year. He also holds a B.B.A. in Finance from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin.
Abraham C. Yu is a legal scholar and international matters expert with more than 40 years of diversified international work experience. His knowledge spans many areas of law, with particular depth in China business matters and U.S. immigration law.
His educational background includes advanced graduate training in international banking and financing from the University of Texas at Dallas in 1992, an MBA in international business management from UTD in 1993, and two LL.M. degrees: International Comparative Law from Southern Methodist University in Dallas and Environmental Law from China University of Political Science & Law in Beijing.
Ana Marie Terry is an experienced immigration legal assistant with more than 12 years of continuous, hands-on experience supporting clients through a wide range of immigration matters.
Her work includes employment-based and family-based nonimmigrant and immigrant petitions, as well as removal and deportation litigation support. Ana helps keep cases organized, communication clear, and clients informed during important stages of the immigration process.
Our office is located at 2711 Lyndon B Johnson Fwy Ste 598, Dallas, TX 75234. We help clients throughout Dallas, Farmers Branch, Richardson, Plano, Carrollton, Irving, Garland, Frisco, Allen, McKinney, Fort Worth, Arlington, and surrounding North Texas communities.
Many immigration matters are handled by federal agencies, but a Dallas immigration lawyer can help you prepare complete filings, understand deadlines, respond to requests for evidence, and avoid mistakes that may delay or damage your case.
Yes. Yu, South & Associates offers multilingual support, including Chinese and English communication, for families, professionals, investors, students, and businesses navigating US immigration matters.
Our firm assists with family-based immigration, employment-based immigration, green cards, nonimmigrant visas, investor matters, naturalization, denials, appeals, and related immigration concerns.
Our office is located at 2711 Lyndon B Johnson Fwy Ste 598, Dallas, TX 75234. Clients can call (972) 994-9988 or email info@yuimmigration.com to request help.