Immigration Tech & Marketing - The GMI Rocket Show - Hosted by Roman Zelichenko.

🎙 On episode 145 of the GMI Rocket show, our guest is Priyanka Kulkarni, an EB-1 and founder of Casium, an AI-driven, business immigration company for startups, founders, and employers.(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, 8am™ DocketWise! With a recent company rebrand to 8am, 8am Docketwise is an all-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈)(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, LEX Reception! A legal intake, reception and client support service immigration professionals use to never miss a client call or inquiry again. Get $250 off your first month by using this link! 👉 https://lnkd.in/e9rADmmD 👈)Priyanka grew up in Mumbai, initially set on becoming a lawyer before realizing the realities of the legal profession in India pushed her in a different direction. Naturally drawn to math, science, and building, she pivoted to computer science and, after graduating Bachelors of Engineer, joined Microsoft in India, working on machine learning problems like fraud detection and search relevance.She later moved to the U.S. on an L-1 visa, continued advancing her work in AI, and earned two master’s degrees (from the University of Washington and another from Johns Hopkins) while working full-time and navigating the complexities of the U.S. immigration system herself.But when she wanted to start a company through an AI incubator, she realized her visa limited her ability to do so. After pursuing her EB-1, she saw how complex and opaque immigration was, which led to the idea for Casium—an AI-powered immigration platform for individuals and companies.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about: 🔹 Priyanka’s immigration early life, studies, and immigrating to the US🔹 Priyanka’s work at Microsoft while getting two Master’s degrees in CS and applied math🔹 How Priyanka’s visa initially stopped her from launching a startup and led to creating Casium🔹 How Casium works today, what clients it helps, thoughts on the future of immigration, and more!So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!

🎙 On episode 144 of the GMI Rocket show, our guest is my friend Nhu Y Le, founder of Optima LegalOps Consulting, which helps immigration firms and startups with operations and growth!(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, 8am™ DocketWise! With a recent company rebrand to 8am, 8am Docketwise is an all-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈)(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, LEX Reception! A legal intake, reception and client support service immigration professionals use to never miss a client call or inquiry again. Get $250 off your first month by using this link! 👉 https://lnkd.in/e9rADmmD 👈)Y, originally from Vietnam, immigrated to the US as a small girl with her family. She grew up in an immigrant household and eventually attended law school in Boston. Upon graduating in 2013, Y and I actually started our first jobs at the same law firm in the Arlington, Virginia area!From there, Y went on to have an incredibly unique and illustrious career, moving to Fragomen, where she experienced working at a large immigration law firm, to Microsoft, where she worked in one of the largest in-house immigration teams, to a VC-backed immigration tech startup and finally to an EB-3 employee sponsor consulting service, where she stepped into a chief operations officer role.After spending a handful of years working as a COO, Y realized that immigration law firms and up-and-coming tech companies would greatly benefit from her knowledge and experience. So she ended up leaving her full-time job and launching Optima.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about: 🔹 Y’s immigration story, early life, path through law school and getting into immigration law🔹 What it was like for Y to have so many unique jobs in immigration and what she’s learned🔹 How Y knew that her experience could turn into a business, and how she launched Optima🔹 What Optima LegalOps Consulting does today, how she helps clients, and what the future holdsSo please join us, ask questions and leave comments!----Check out Optima LegalOps Consulting here: https://www.optimalegalops.com/Follow Y on LinkedIn here:   / nhuyle  Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/

🎙 On episode 143 of the GMI Rocket show, I’m speaking with an immigrant-turned-immigration tech founder, Sampei Omichi, Founder and CEO of Ellis, a modern, tech-first immigration law firm.(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, 8am™ DocketWise! With a recent company rebrand to 8am, 8am Docketwise is an all-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈)(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, LEX Reception! A legal intake, reception and client support service immigration professionals use to never miss a client call or inquiry again. Get $250 off your first month by using this link! 👉 https://lnkd.in/e9rADmmD 👈)Sampei came to the U.S. from Vietnam on an F‑1 visa to study at Babson College, where he focused on entrepreneurship. After graduation, he wasn’t approved for OPT, so he pursued his own O‑1 visa as a founder—an experience that opened his eyes to just how hard the immigration process can be, especially for global talent trying to stay and build in the U.S.He had spent over two years helping grow a crypto startup as one of its earliest employees, but when they couldn’t sponsor his H‑1B, he had to find his own way forward. That journey sparked the idea for Ellis.What began as a platform to help immigrants manage their journeys eventually evolved into a tech-first immigration law firm, one designed from the ground up by someone who lived the process and believed it could be done better.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about: 🔹 Sampei’s early life in Vietnam and Japan, and growing up attending an American school.🔹 Sapmei’s move to the US to attend Babson College and his experience as an F-1 OPT student.🔹 How Sampei went from losing the H-1B lottery to getting his O-1 to start Ellis.🔹 What Ellis does today, what separates it from other immigration firms, and where it’s going.So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!----Check out the Ellis here: https://www.ellis.comFollow Sampei on LinkedIn here:   / sampeiomichi  Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/

🎙 On episode 142 of the GMI Rocket show, I’m speaking with a friend and immigration-focused recruiter, Joseph (Joey) McKeown, Founder of ImmigrationJobs!(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, 8am™ DocketWise! With a recent company rebrand to 8am, 8am Docketwise is an all-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈)(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, LEX Reception! A legal intake, reception and client support service immigration professionals use to never miss a client call or inquiry again. Get $250 off your first month by using this link! 👉 https://lnkd.in/e9rADmmD 👈)Joey spent nearly two decades working in immigration law firms — first as a paralegal, then a legal writer, and later transitioning into HR and operations. Over this period, Joey developed a deep understanding of what both law firms and immigration professionals need in the hiring process.Joey eventually moved to Spain with his family, and after a small break from a long career, started exploring an idea he’d long considered: building a recruitment solution tailored specifically to immigration law.It began as a job board, but quickly evolved as Joey spoke with attorneys and managing partners about their real hiring challenges. Rather than a simple job board, immigration law firms needed high‑touch recruitment services to truly find and vet top talent, whether attorneys, paralegals, or support staff. And that’s how ImmigrationJobs was born.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about: 🔹 Joey’s early life, education and his career across multiple immigration law firms🔹 Joey’s relocation to Spain and how that move set off his entrepreneurial journey 🔹 The early days of ImmigrationJobs and Joey’s pivot from a job board to services🔹 What ImmigrationJobs does today, who it helps, and thoughts on the future of the practiceSo please join us, ask questions and leave comments!----Check out the ImmigrationJobs here: https://immigrationjobs.io/Follow Joey on LinkedIn here:   / joseph-mckeown  Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/

🎙 On episode 141 of the GMI Rocket show, I’m speaking with Olu'yomi Ojo, an EB-1 recipient, serial entrepreneur, and founder and Agora, a legal tech platform helping with O-1, EB-1A, and EB2-NIWs(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, 8am™ DocketWise! With a recent company rebrand to 8am, 8am Docketwise is an all-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈)(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, LEX Reception! A legal intake, reception and client support service immigration professionals use to never miss a client call or inquiry again. Get $250 off your first month by using this link! 👉 https://lnkd.in/e9rADmmD 👈)Olu’yomi Ojo is a Nigerian-born entrepreneur whose journey began with a student visa to the U.S., but whose resourcefulness was shaped much earlier — watching his single mother raise five kids with relentless creativity.He launched his first design company while still in college, and after recognizing how hard it was to get quality print work done, pivoted to create Printivo, Nigeria’s first online printing company. Printivo grew from a three-person team in a garage to a VC-backed company with over 50 employees.After stepping down as CEO in 2020, Oluyomi moved to the U.S. on an EB-1 visa and immediately felt the friction in the immigration process: endless emails, no structure, and no clarity. When friends and founders started reaching out with the same frustrations around O-1 and EB-1 visas, he realized the problem wasn’t just personal, it was systemic. That insight led to Agora.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about: 🔹 Olu'yomi’s early life in Nigeria, education and launching his first entrepreneurial endeavors🔹 Oluyomi’s decision to step away and experience moving to America on an EB-1 🔹 How that experience ultimately led to him launching Agora🔹 What Agora does today, who it helps, and thoughts on the future of immigration techSo please join us, ask questions and leave comments!

----Check out the Agora here: https://agoravisa.com/Follow Olu'yomi on LinkedIn here:   / oluyomiojo  Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/

🎙 On episode 140 of the GMI Rocket show, I’m speaking with Harish Parwani, an immigrant, tech leader, and co-founder and CTO of Crossing, an AI immigration platform for lawyers and employers.(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, 8am™ DocketWise! With a recent company rebrand to 8am, 8am Docketwise is an all-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈)(❤️ Huge thank you as well to the episode's second sponsor, Lawfully! Lawfully Pro, built specifically for immigration law firms, helps them track clients' USCIS, NVC, and DOL case statuses with detailed update history, visa trends visualizations, visa bulletin trends and more. Check out Lawfully here! 👉 https://lnkd.in/dzkT-wJS 👈)Harish came to the U.S. nearly 25 years ago from India for grad school at NYU. He started on an F-1 visa, worked through OPT in New York and Boston, then got an H-1B, green card, and eventually U.S. citizenship. The full immigrant journey.His career focused on DevOps and platform engineering, eventually leading data science and AI teams, where he saw firsthand how AI was transforming workflows. He also sponsored others for visas over the years, and his wife is an immigration lawyer, so he’s seen immigration from all sides.With that experience, and feeling that no one was solving immigration holistically, Harish left his job to start Crossing, an AI-first, full-service immigration platform for lawyers and employers.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about: 🔹 Harish’s early life, education abroad and immigration journey to NYU as an F-1 student.🔹 Harish’s experience working, navigating US immigration himself and hiring H-1B workers 🔹 How these experiences, alongside his immigration attorney wife, led to building Crossing🔹 What Crossing does today, who Harish’s ideal clients are, and thoughts on the future of legal AISo please join us, ask questions and leave comments!----Check out the Crossing here: https://crossinglegal.ai/Follow Harish on LinkedIn here:   / harishparwani  Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/

🎙 On episode 139 of the GMI Rocket show, I’m speaking with a global mobility and HR data company leader, Karen Cygal, the CEO and co-founder of Global IQ!.(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, 8am™ DocketWise! With a recent company rebrand to 8am, 8am Docketwise is an all-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈)(❤️ Huge thank you as well to the episode's second sponsor, Lawfully! Lawfully Pro, built specifically for immigration law firms, helps them track clients' USCIS, NVC, and DOL case statuses with detailed update history, visa trends visualizations, visa bulletin trends and more. Check out Lawfully here! 👉 https://lnkd.in/dzkT-wJS 👈)After finishing her master’s in Economics at NYU, Karen wanted real economic work — not Wall Street — so she joined ORC Worldwide, a major player in global mobility data. She planned to build econometric models for six months… but ended up running the department, learning how companies use data to move people around the world.Karen eventually joined WERC, working with their member data to help make the organization better. But she began hearing from members: “can you help us analyze our own data too?”WERC didn't provide data consulting, so she started helping companies on the side, eventually turning that side hustle into Global IQ.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about:🔹 Karen’s early life, education, and economics degree at NYU which led to her first job in mobility.🔹 Karen’s work at ORC, then Mercer, and then WERC and how she combined data with global HR.🔹 How Karen started helping companies on the side with data analytics, and grew that to Global IQ.🔹 What Global IQ does today, who it helps, and Karen’s thoughts on HR data as a service.And more!So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!----Check out the Global IQ here: https://global-iq-data.com/Follow Karen on LinkedIn here:   / karen-cygal  Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/

🎙 On episode 138 of the GMI Rocket show, I’m talking to 19 year-old founder Uzi Isman, co-founder and CEO of Coverable, an instant immigration case generation and document management AI tool.(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, 8am™ DocketWise! With a recent company rebrand to 8am, 8am Docketwise is an all-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈)(❤️ Huge thank you as well to the episode's second sponsor, Lawfully! Lawfully Pro, built specifically for immigration law firms, helps them track clients' USCIS, NVC, and DOL case statuses with detailed update history, visa trends visualizations, visa bulletin trends and more. Check out Lawfully here! 👉 https://lnkd.in/dzkT-wJS 👈)Uzi’s family is from Argentina, but he grew up in Aventura, Florida in a Spanish-speaking community. In high school, Uzi had straight As, but couldn’t sit still. He started a nonprofit to help young people register to vote, raised money for food for Israel at the start of the war, and interned at a law firm.An immigration law firm to be precise, where Uzi helped with O-1 and EB-1 cases every day after school. One day he turned to his boss and said, “I’m going to automate all of this one day with AI.”Eventually Uzi went to Carnegie Mellon, majoring in Quantitative Physics. During a freshman coding class he worked on a project, which led to building an immigration “cover letter generator” based on his experience at the law firm… which eventually led to the founding of Coverable.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about:🔹 Uzi’s family’s immigration story from Europe to Argentina to the US, and Uzi’s early life.🔹 How Uzi’s extracurriculars, such as his nonprofit, fundraising, and a legal internship, set him up🔹 Uzi’s experience at Carnegie Mellon and how he met his cofounders and started Coverable🔹 How Coverable works, how it helps immigration lawyers, and Uzi’s thoughts on legal AIAnd more!So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!----Check out the Coverable here: https://www.coverable.ai/Follow Uzi on LinkedIn here:   / uzielisman  Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/

🎙 On episode 137 of the GMI Rocket show, I’m talking to a scientist and extraordinary Green Card recipient-turned-YouTuber Oscar Pardo-Planas, founder of Oscar’s Green Card!(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, 8am™ DocketWise! With a recent company rebrand to 8am, 8am Docketwise is an all-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈)(❤️ Huge thank you as well to the episode's second sponsor, Lawfully! Lawfully Pro, built specifically for immigration law firms, helps them track clients' USCIS, NVC, and DOL case statuses with detailed update history, visa trends visualizations, visa bulletin trends and more. Check out Lawfully here! 👉 https://lnkd.in/dzkT-wJS 👈)Oscar, originally from Spain, studied chemical engineering and first came to the US on an exchange visa for his Master’s degree. He went on to pursue his PhD in bioengineering, switching to an F-1.Oscar graduated and got a job in the biomedical field, eventually working on aspects of the COVID vaccine. However, he kept losing the H-1B visa lottery, and after three tries Oscar was seemingly out of luck. His employer sponsored his EB-1 and, at the same time, he went for his own EB-2 NIW.Ultimately, both were approved, but some of Oscar’s colleagues heard about his immigration success and asked him for help. He started by sharing what he did, but realized that so many others could benefit. That became a course, coaching, and eventually Oscar’s Green Card YouTube Channel.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about:🔹 Oscar’s early life in Spain, how he got into engineering, and why he decided to study in the US🔹 Oscar’s US immigration path and how he filed his own EB-2 NIW out of frustration🔹 How helping his colleagues turned into documents, courses, and now Oscar’s Green Card🔹 What Oscar’s Green Card channel is about, what other services he provides, and thoughts on DIYAnd more!So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!

🎙 Episode 136 of the GMI Rocket show is the next M&A Series episode, on Boundless acquiring Localyze! I’m excited to host Boundless CEO Xiao Wang and Localyze CEO Hanna Marie Asmussen!(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, 8am™ DocketWise! With a recent company rebrand to 8am, 8am Docketwise is an all-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈)(❤️ Huge thank you as well to the episode's second sponsor, Lawfully! Lawfully Pro, built specifically for immigration law firms, helps them track clients' USCIS, NVC, and DOL case statuses with detailed update history, visa trends visualizations, visa bulletin trends and more. Check out Lawfully here! 👉 https://lnkd.in/dzkT-wJS 👈)Originally from Germany, Hanna’s love for travel started early. She did a high school exchange program to Argentina at age 15 and, combined with her studies in environmental engineering, held internships in int’l development in the Dominican Republic, China, and more. The problem? She had to organize her travel on her own. This pain would eventually lead to the founding of Localyze.Localyze started with B2C immigration in mind and eventually shifted to helping businesses relocate employees across Europe.And with growth in mind, Localyze wanted to expand into the US. Boundless, wanted to expand into Europe. The acquisition was a perfect match.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about:🔹 Hanna’s early life in Germany, education, and travels from a young age🔹 Hanna’s work as a consultant, and how she got the idea to build Localyze🔹 The launch of Localyze, pivot to B2B, European expansion and connecting with Boundless🔹 How the acquisition transpired, goals moving forward, and immigration tech in the futureAnd more!So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!#immigration #immigrationlaw #legaltech #globalmobility #relocation----

Check out Localze here: https://www.localyze.com/ & Boundless here: https://www.boundless.com/Follow Xiao on LinkedIn here: https://shorturl.at/j79T6 and Hanna here: https://shorturl.at/f68X2Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/

🎙 On episode 135 of the GMI Rocket show, I’m talking to an EB-1B recipient who accidentally became immigration and legal tech entrepreneur, Aniket Sawant, CEO of Threadeo!(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, 8am™ DocketWise! With a recent company rebrand to 8am, 8am Docketwise is an all-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈)(❤️ Huge thank you as well to the episode's second sponsor, Lawfully! Lawfully Pro, built specifically for immigration law firms, helps them track clients' USCIS, NVC, and DOL case statuses with detailed update history, visa trends visualizations, visa bulletin trends and more. Check out Lawfully here! 👉 https://lnkd.in/dzkT-wJS 👈)Aniket was born and mostly raised in India (with short stints as a kid in the US and Australia), and immigrated to the US for graduate school. As a researcher, Aniket had to review and analyze a lot of dense text, which all the way back in 2006, made him think: why can’t this be easier?Graduating with a PhD, Aniket continued to work as a scientist, but couldn’t shake that idea. He eventually went to business school and, in 2018, met his to-be business partner to start tinkering with AI-based tech to synthesize dense text-based documentation.After a few failed attempts, they landed on Legal. Today they synthesize and summarize arbitration, litigation and trial, help with FOIA requests, and more.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about:🔹 Aniket’s early life in India (with some immigration as a child) and grad school in the US.🔹 How Aniket’s entrepreneurial instincts kept coming up even as his career advanced.🔹 Aniket’s business school journey, getting his EB-1B, and eventually launching Threadeo.🔹 What Threadeo does today, where the product is going, and immigration and legal tech thoughts.And more!So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!#immigration #immigrationlaw #legaltech #litigation #lawfirms----Check out Threadeo here: https://threadeo.com/Follow Aniket on LinkedIn here:   / aniketsawant  Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/

🎙 On episode 134 of the GMI Rocket show, I’m talking to one of the most entrepreneurial immigration lawyers I’ve met, Michael Hendricks, CEO of immigration tech platform, Allcanza!(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, 8am™ DocketWise! With a recent company rebrand to 8am, 8am Docketwise is an all-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈)(❤️ Huge thank you as well to the episode's second sponsor, Lawfully! Lawfully Pro, built specifically for immigration law firms, helps them track clients' USCIS, NVC, and DOL case statuses with detailed update history, visa trends visualizations, visa bulletin trends and more. Check out Lawfully here! 👉 https://lnkd.in/dzkT-wJS 👈)Michael was born in the United States and spent much of his childhood in Mexico, moving there with his parents who were missionaries. He moved back to the US at the age of 17 to attend college, and interestingly, through that experience, came to understand what it felt like to be an immigrantHis experience and Spanish skills led him to attend law school and ultimately become an immigration lawyer. He was immediately successful with his own firm, but over time felt that existing immigration tech platforms weren’t good enough. He had his own ideas.So he built Allcanza, originally a B2C platform helping immigrants with DIY filings, now supporting his law firm and others around the country.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about:🔹 Michael’s early life, growing up in Mexico and moving back to the US at 17 years old🔹 Why Michael decided to go to law school, focus on immigration, and launch his own firm🔹 Michael’s law firm growth, his thoughts about tech at the time, and launching Allcanza🔹 What Allcanza does today, where the product is growing, and thoughts on tech in immigrationAnd more!So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!#immigration #immigrationlaw #legaltech #lawfirmmarketing #lawfirms----Check out Allcanza here: https://allcanza.com/Follow Michael on LinkedIn here: https://tinyurl.com/3fj5axx9Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/

🎙 On episode 133 of the GMI Rocket show I’m excited to be talk with lawyer-turned entrepreneur, Michael Brunman, the CEO and co-founder of Clerx AI, a bilingual AI intake and receptionist platform(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, 8am™ DocketWise! With a recent company rebrand to 8am, 8am Docketwise is an all-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈)(❤️ Huge thank you as well to the episode's second sponsor, Lawfully! Lawfully Pro, built specifically for immigration law firms, helps immigration law firms track clients' USCIS, NVC, and DOL case statuses with a detailed update history, visa trends visualizations, visa bulletin trends and more. Check out Lawfully here! 👉 https://lnkd.in/dzkT-wJS 👈)Michael, originally from Israel, earned both a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Law before immigrating to the US on an J-1 visa to attend Harvard Business School. After graduating, he went on to work at PayPal and McKinsey, building his career in the US.But previously, as a lawyer, Michael was always frustrated by missed calls, repetitive intake, and back-and-forth coordination. And later as a client, he faced endless voicemails, late responses, and the stress of not knowing if his issue was being handled. He realized the problem was operations.This led to Clerx AI, an AI-powered, bilingual intake and receptionist platform for law firms.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about:🔹 Michael’s early life, growing up in Israel and his why he decided to pursue to both tech and law🔹 Why he decided to come to the US for business school and his experience as an immigrant🔹 How Michael’s work in law, tech and consulting led to the founding of Clerx AI🔹 What Clerx AI does today, including how it uses AI and where the company is headingAnd more!So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!#immigration #immigrationlaw #legaltech #lawfirmmarketing #lawfirms----Check out Clerx here: https://app.unfoldlegal.ai/Follow Michael on LinkedIn here:   / michael-brunman  Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/

🎙 On episode 132 of the GMI Rocket show I’m really excited to be speaking with Jason Jia, a fellow Brooklyn Law School alum, and the CEO and founder of Unfold Legal AI!(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, 8am™ DocketWise! With a recent company rebrand to 8am, 8am Docketwise is an all-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈)(❤️ Huge thank you as well to the episode's second sponsor, Lawfully! Lawfully Pro, built specifically for immigration law firms, helps immigration law firms track clients' USCIS, NVC, and DOL case statuses with a detailed update history, visa trends visualizations, visa bulletin tends and more. Check out Lawfully here! 👉 https://www.lawfully.com/pro 👈)Jason’s path to becoming an immigration attorney and tech founder is anything but straightforward. Born in China, Jason’s parents actually came to the US without him when he was just 4 years old. They worked multiple, often laborious, jobs, and eventually filed for Jason to join them.Jason eventually attended Brooklyn Law School, and among his wonderful classes, took part in an asylum clinic that really impacted him. His team worked on a case for someone from Cote D’Ivoire and he realized how impactful immigration law is on peoples’ lives.Jason started at an immigration firm, made partner, and eventually broke off on his own… but he realized that to be maximally impactful, he needed to augment his team with more tech. When generative AI took off is when he realized that was the answer. And so, Unfold Legal AI was born.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about:🔹 Jason’s early life, growing up in China and immigrating to the US.🔹 How Jason’s immigration experience shaped him, and influenced his studies career path.🔹 Jason’s path to partner in just 5 years, starting his own firm, and how Unfold Legal AI was born.🔹 What Unfold Legal AI does today, how AI has impacted his firm, and where he’s going next.And more!So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!#immigration #immigrationlaw #relocation #globalmobility #legaltech----Check out Unfold Legal AI here: https://app.unfoldlegal.ai/Follow Jason on LinkedIn here:   / jasonjiaesq  Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/

🎙 On episode 131 of the GMI Rocket show I’m really excited to talk with Saiman Shetty, serial entrepreneur and CEO and founder of Smart Green Card!(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, 8am™ DocketWise! With a recent company rebrand to 8am, Docketwise is an all-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈)Saiman, Originally from India, immigrated to the US to attend graduate university, ultimately graduating with a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering. Saiman eventually landed a coveted job at Tesla, and then Lyft, as an engineer, working on his F-1 student visa.As most F-1 visa holders working on OPT, Saiman started applying for his H-1B visa. Year after year he wasn’t selected in the lottery, and while he was preparing to submit an O-1 visa petition he learned about the EB-1A. He applied, was approved, and after a journey with retrogression, got his green card.Along the way, friends of his started asking him about his EB-1A journey. What started as a way to help those around him go down their own EB-1A path turned into a business, Smart Green Card, a company that provides education, courses and resources for skilled immigrants pursuing in the US.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about:🔹 Saiman’s early life, growing up and school in India, and his journey to the US as a student.🔹 Saiman’s experience working on his F-1 OPT, applying for H-1B, and ultimately getting an EB-1A.🔹 How getting a green card freed up Saiman’s life which led to starting Smart Green Card.🔹 What Smart Green Card does today and Saiman’s vision for the company going forward.And more!So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!#immigration #immigrationlaw #relocation #globalmobility #legaltech----Check out Smart Green Card here: https://smartgreencard.com/Follow Saiman on LinkedIn here:   / saimanshetty  Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/

🎙 On episode 130 of the GMI Rocket show I’m excited to finally talk to the team behind eimmigration by Cerenade! I’ll be speaking with Phillip Yadidian, founder, and his son Joel Yadidian, General Manager.(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, Docketwise! All-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈)(❤️ Also, Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, CaseBlink, which uses AI to automate drafting and case assembly for business immigration, family-based, and humanitarian cases, all in the attorney’s unique style. Learn more at 👉 https://caseblink.com 👈)Phillip immigrated to the US from Iran as a student in the late 70s right around the Iranian Revolution, eventually filing for asylum. He studied mathematics and computer science, and took a keen interest in software right away.eimmigration by Cerenade originally started as a multimedia software, back when Microsoft, and home computing, were still growing. Phillip, being a tech visionary, saw that there was a demand for software. He pivoted to immigration, having gone through the process himself and seeing an opportunity.Meanwhile Joel, his son, who also pursued computer science in undergrad, went on to get his MBA. After a few years in management consulting, he joined his dad to grow the business.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about:🔹 Phillip’s early life in Iran, immigration to the US and studies in computer science🔹 Why Phillip eventually started his own business, and how his original ideas evolved into eimmigration🔹 The company’s growth over the decades, Joel’s background, and why he eventually joined Phillip🔹 What eimmigration offers today, where the product, the company, and immigration tech are headingAnd more!So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!#immigration #immigrationlaw #h1bvisa #globalmobility #legaltech----Check out eimmigration here: https://www.cerenade.com/eimmigration/Follow Phillip on LinkedIn here:   / phillip-yadidian-815a1913   and Joel here:   / joelyadidian   Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/

🎙 On episode 129 of the GMI Rocket show were talking to immigration lawyer Ruby Powers, who runs her own law practice and is the founder of Powers Strategy Group, a law firm advisory firm!(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, Docketwise! All-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈)(❤️ Also, Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, CaseBlink, which uses AI to automate drafting and case assembly for business immigration, family-based, and humanitarian cases, all in the attorney’s unique style. Learn more at 👉 https://caseblink.com 👈)Ruby, who is from Texas and whose mom is from Mexico, grew up traveling between the two countries, speaking Spanish at home and crossing the border time and again. While attending university, Ruby studied abroad and experienced immigration as an international student.After graduating, Ruby worked in an international student office, worked on a committee that helped create DHS post-9/11, and eventually went to law school, looking to combine her language skills, cross-border experiences, and interest in politics to become an immigration lawyer.Along the way, Ruby started to focus a lot on helping other practitioners build their firms, which turned into writing a book on practice management, serving on panels, and ultimately launching Powers Strategy Group, to help immigration lawyers grow through tech and business best practices. So, here’s what we’re going to discuss:🔹 Ruby’s early life, growing up between two cultures and countries, and how that le 🔹 Ruby’s education and work experience that led her to go to law school and pursue immigration🔹 How Ruby launched her own law firm and eventually started helping others with their firms🔹 How that experience turned into a book, podcast, courses, and eventually Powers Strategy GroupAnd more!So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!#immigration #immigrationlaw #relocation #globalmobility #legaltech----Check out Powers Strategy Group here: https://powersstrategygroup.com/Follow Ruby on LinkedIn here:   / rubypowers  Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/

🎙 On episode 128 of the GMI Rocket show were talking to Fabiano Rocha, CEO and founder of, Jumpstart, an AI-based startup that provides US immigration case prep and filing services!(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, Docketwise! All-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈)(❤️ Also, Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, CaseBlink, which uses AI to automate drafting and case assembly for business immigration, family-based, and humanitarian cases, all in the attorney’s unique style. Learn more at 👉 https://caseblink.com 👈)Fabiano, who grew up in the outskirts of a mid-sized city in Brazil. His father was a bricklayer and mother, a cleaning lady. Always interested in math, Fabiano was a runner up in Brazil’s first math olympiad in the 6th grade. He eventually received a bachelor’s and master’s of engineering.Along with a co-founder from Brazil, Fabiano realized that immigrants around the world, including in the US, have challenges building credit, and so they launched Jumpstart originally as a company enabling them to make international payments, build credit, and get advice.But after getting request after request to assist with US immigration filings, they partnered with immigration lawyers, they pivoted to provide fast, AI-based O-1, EB-2 NIW and other visa filings!So, here’s what we’re going to discuss:🔹 Fabiano’s life and background, growing up in Brazil, and how math shaped his early education🔹 Fabiano’s original career journey as an engineer, and his experience studying in the US at MIT🔹 How the idea behind Jumpstart was born, and how they were able to first launch the company🔹 How Jumpstart pivoted from finance to visa filings, what it does today, and what’s coming nextAnd more!So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!#immigration #immigrationlaw #relocation #globalmobility #legaltech----Check out Jumpstart here: https://www.jumpstartimmigration.com/⁠Follow Fabiano on LinkedIn here:   / fabianossrocha  Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/

(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, Docketwise! All-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈)

(❤️ Also, Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, CaseBlink, which uses AI to automate drafting and case assembly for business immigration, family-based, and humanitarian cases, all in the attorney’s unique style. Learn more at 👉 https://caseblink.com 👈)

Sunder and Shrikanth came together from two different directions. Sunder, a serial entrepreneur, had already been running a business that provided Indian immigration services, unrelated to technology. His business had been acquired by TTK Group, a major Indian business conglomerate.

Shrikanth was Senior Manager of immigration Wipro, an Indian multinational technology company that hires tens of thousands of foreign nationals in the US and around the world. He had built great technology internally, and realized that the broader industry could benefit from something similar.

Shrikanth shared his idea with Sunder, who pitched it to TTK for support. And so Immidart was born.

So, here’s what we’re going to discuss:

🔹 Sunder and Shrikanth’s backgrounds, career journeys, and how they both landed in immigration.

🔹 How Sunder and Shrikanth connected, and how they both saw immigration tech for enterprises.

🔹 How the idea behind Immidart was born, and how they were able to first launch the company.

🔹 How Immidart works, where the company is headed, and thoughts on immigration technology.And more!So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!

#immigration #immigrationlaw #relocation #globalmobility #legaltech

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🎙 On episode 126 of the GMI Rocket show, we’re talking with Rahul Gudise and Rishabh Sambare, co-founders of Gale, an AI immigration platform focused on the H-1B visa!(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, Docketwise! All-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈)(❤️ Also, Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, CaseBlink, which uses AI to automate drafting and case assembly for business immigration, family-based, and humanitarian cases, all in the attorney’s unique style. Learn more at 👉 https://caseblink.com 👈)Like many immigration tech startups, Gale was inspired by personal experience. Rahul, Rishabh and their third co-founder Haokun Qin, met at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, studying computer science. All of them focused on AI and knew they wanted to start something together.Given that two of them needed Canadian visas, as they looked at problems to solve using AI and automation, immigration naturally kept coming up.Gale was first focused on Canada, but after being accepted into Y Combinator, they shifted toward the larger US immigration market, starting with the H-1B visa.So, here’s what we’re going to discuss:🔹 Rahul and Rishabhs’ backgrounds, immigration stories, and what got them into technology.🔹 Their studies in U of Waterloo, desire to start a company, and how they landed on immigration.🔹 What it was like to launch Gale, their YC experience, and pivot to US immigration law.🔹 How Gale works, where the company is headed, and thoughts on immigration AI in generalAnd more!So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!#immigration #immigrationlaw #relocation #globalmobility #legaltech----Check out Gale here: https://galevisa.com/Follow Rahul on LinkedIn here:   / rahulgudise   and Rishabh here:   / rishabhsamb  Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/

🎙 On episode 125 of the GMI Rocket show, we’re talking with the Victoria (Vicka) Ter-Ovanesyan, the co-founder of Imera, an app that helps immigrants navigate life in the US.(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, Docketwise! All-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈)(❤️ Also, Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, CaseBlink, which uses AI to automate drafting and case assembly for business immigration, family-based, and humanitarian cases, all in the attorney’s unique style. Learn more at 👉 https://caseblink.com 👈)Ethnically Armenian, Vicka’s family fled the Armenian genocide to Russia, where Vicka was born. Eventually, after the USSR collapsed, her family immigrated to the US in 2009 through the Diversity Green Card lottery, settling in Boston. Vicka’s family knows the immigration journey well.So when Vicka met her co-founder Liesel Vaidya while at a VC fund focused on women founders (Liesel was a portfolio company co-founder and started that company on a student visa), they bonded over the immigrant experience.After talking for 3 years, they realized that immigrants need custom support throughout their journey in a more modern way that isn’t reading other peoples’ stories on Reddit… and so Imera was born.So, here’s what Vicka and I are going to discuss:🔹 Vicka’s background, including her family’s story, growing up in Russia, and moving to the US.🔹 Vicka’s US studies and experience working in venture capital, and how she met her co-founder.🔹 How their experiences and conversations led to the founding of Imera.🔹 How Imera works, where the company is heading, and thoughts on immigration tech in generalAnd more!So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!#immigration #immigrationlaw #relocation #globalmobility #legaltech----Check out Imera here: https://www.withimera.com/Follow Vicka on LinkedIn here:   / victoria-ter-ovanesyan  Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/

🎙 On episode 124 of the GMI Rocket show, we’re talking to the Dima Litvinov, the founder of US and UK immigration tech company Dreem.(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, Docketwise! All-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈)(❤️ Also, Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, CaseBlink, which uses AI to automate drafting and case assembly for business immigration, family-based, and humanitarian cases, all in the attorney’s unique style. Learn more at 👉 https://caseblink.com 👈)Dima, originally from Russia, has an interesting and eclectic background as an immigration tech startup founder. A natural entrepreneur, Dima actually co-founded the first online travel agency in Russia, managing sales, obtaining investment, and even launching a B2B business within it.Dima then got his MBA at London Business School, and had the opportunity to work at a number of tech companies in Russia, Japan and England. One big challenge for Dima was always around getting a visa - as a Russian citizen it was almost always necessary anywhere he went.That’s how Dreem was born - Dima’s desire to make visas easy. So here’s what we’ll be discussing:🔹 Dima’s background, his younger years, and his early experience as an entrepreneur in Russia.🔹 Dima’s MBA and jobs outside of Russia, and immigration challenges he faced along the way.🔹 How those experiences led to building Dreem, and how the company first got started.🔹 How Dreem works today, where the company is going, and thoughts on immigration tech.And more!So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!#immigration #immigrationlaw #relocation #globalmobility #legaltech----Check out Dreem here: https://idreem.com/Follow Dima on LinkedIn here:   / dimalitvinov  Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/Connect with Roman Zelichenko on LinkedIn! https://tinyurl.com/romanzel

🎙 On episode 123 of the GMI Rocket show, we’re talking to Nadine Heitz, immigration lawyer and now the CEO and co-founder of a Monday.com-based case management platform, Case Flow!(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, Docketwise! All-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈)(❤️ Also, Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, CaseBlink, which uses AI to automate drafting and case assembly for business immigration, family-based, and humanitarian cases, all in the attorney’s unique style. Learn more at 👉 https://caseblink.com 👈)Nadine Heitz, who is a former guest on this show as well, has been practicing immigration law for several decades. But she’s always been a tinkerer. A number of years ago she founded a successful Facebook group called Technology for Immigration Practitioners (TIP).She’s also always been a first adopter of a variety of tech tools, but after not loving any particular case management system out in the market, she started experimenting with project management told Monday.com. Until she found something that works. And now she’s offering it to other firms.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about:🔹 Nadine’s background, her law firm journey, and building her Facebook community🔹 Why Nadine has always experimented with tech, and how she landed on the Monday platform🔹 How her Monday implementation has evolved and when she turned it into a company🔹 How Case Flow works, how it’s different from other tools, and growth so farAnd more!So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!#immigration #immigrationlaw #relocation #globalmobility #legaltech----Check out Case Flow here: https://workiflow.com/solutions-caseflow/Follow Nadine on LinkedIn here:   / nadineheitzesq  Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/Connect with Roman Zelichenko on LinkedIn! https://tinyurl.com/romanzel

🎙 On episode 122 of the GMI Rocket show, we’re talking to prior guest and immigration tech leader Ian Hawes, and co-founder Harry Watts about their new tech-enabled evaluation product, Fortis!(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, Docketwise! All-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈)(❤️ Also, Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, CaseBlink, which automates document review and drafting for EB-2 NIW, EB-1, O-1, and L-1 visas, in the attorney’s unique style, and provides AI-powered forms for EB, FB and humanitarian cases. Learn more at 👉 https://caseblink.com 👈)Ian Hawes, the CEO and founder of ImmiTranslate, has been building cutting-edge tech-enabled immigration translation services in the immigration industry for over a decade. When Harry Watts joined Ian in early 2024, in addition to helping grow the company’s success, they started working on an AI-based evaluation product.Fortis Evaluations uses AI to deliver near-instant U.S. equivalency reports, cutting out delays and inefficiencies in the credential eval process. The idea is for Fortis to enable immigration attorneys, paralegals, and individuals to get certified results in seconds.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about:🔹 Ian’s background as a tech entrepreneur building and growing ImmiTranslate🔹 Harry’s background, his own immigration journey, and experience in the industry🔹 How Harry came to join ImmiTranslate, and the initial idea behind Fortis Evaluations🔹 What Fortis does today, how it leverages AI, and general thoughts about AI in the industryAnd more!So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!#immigration #immigrationlaw #relocation #globalmobility #legaltech----Check out Fortis Evaluations here: https://fortiseval.com/⁠Follow Ian on LinkedIn here:   / ianrhawes   and Harry here:   / harry-watts  Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/Connect with Roman Zelichenko on LinkedIn! https://tinyurl.com/romanzel

🎙 Today, on episode 121 of the GMI Rocket show, we’re joined by serial entrepreneur Rajat Suri who is the founder of a Silicon Valley-based immigration concierge service called Lima!(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, Docketwise! All-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈)(❤️ Also, Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, CaseBlink, which automates document review and drafting for EB-2 NIW, EB-1, O-1, L-1 and other writing-heavy visas, in the attorney’s style, and are building AI-powered forms for EB, FB and humanitarian cases. Learn more at 👉 https://caseblink.com 👈)Rajat received his undergrad degree in engineering and economics at the University of Waterloo, and moved to the US to pursue a PhD at MIT before dropping out to co-found ride-sharing company Lyft.Rajat’s career has been that of a serial entrepreneur. After co-founding Lyft, Rajat went on to start Presto, an AI and automation solution for quick service restaurants, and grew the company for over a decade, eventually taking it public in 2022 and eventually departing in 2023.Great at solving problems, Rajat decided to tackle the problem of immigration that same year and launched Lima, a full-service immigration concierge based in Silicon Valley that’s helped over 10,000 talented immigrants from all over the world.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about:🔹 Rajat’s early life, early career, and experience moving to the US from Canada.🔹 Rajat’s experience starting Lyft and starting and scaling Presto, and lessons learned.🔹 What immigration issues Rajat saw, both personally and as an employer, and how it led to Lima.🔹 How Lima works today, what Rajat sees in the company’s future, and the future of immigration.And more!So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!#immigration #immigrationlaw #migration #globalmobility #relocation----Check out Lima here: https://www.limadream.com/Follow Rajat here:   / rajatsuri  Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/Connect with Roman Zelichenko on LinkedIn! https://tinyurl.com/romanzel

🎙 Today, on episode 120 of the GMI Rocket show, we’re joined by Carl Davidson, co-founder of Candle AI, a legal tech startup that’s solving a glaring but somehow overlooked problem: email.(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, Docketwise! All-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈)(❤️ Also, Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, Joorney Business Plans! Joorney partners with immigration and global mobility professionals to create tailor-made business plans for EB-2 NIW, E-2, EB-5 visas, and more. Check out Joorney here! 👉 https://bit.ly/visit-joorney 👈 )Carl’s background is actually quite similar to mine.Carl practiced immigration law for a few years and before pivoting into a career in tech. He worked as a product manager at INSZoom for a few years before leaving immigration tech and managing product at a few other tech companies.But then in 2020 he came back to immigration tech as Director of product at Legalpad, an immigration tech company that was eventually acquired by global PEO Deel, and Envoy Global.Carl eventually started his own immigration tech startup, trying to focus on AI-supported visa prep and drafting, but every time he asked where lawyers were REALLY getting stuck, the answer was… email. That’s what led him and his co-founders to pivot and focus solely on optimizing email with AI!So, here’s what we’re going to talk about:🔹 Carl’s early life, early career, and journey from lawyer to legal tech product manager and expert.🔹 What Carl learned while in immigration tech and what inspired him to start his own startup.🔹 How Carl pivoted from AI legal drafting to email, and why he decided on such a “niche” problem.🔹 What Candle AI does today, how it works, and where the company, and industry, are headed.And more!So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!#immigration #immigrationlaw #legalops #lawfirms #legaltech----Check out Candle AI here: https://www.trycandle.ai/Follow Carl here:   / carlwdavidson  Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/Connect with Roman Zelichenko on LinkedIn! https://tinyurl.com/romanzel🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 https://streamyard.com/pal/d/63529503...

🎙 Today, on episode 119 of the GMI Rocket show, we have a repeat guest joining us for a THIRD time, Jacob Sapochnick, CEO, and Joanna Bobel, co-founder, at visa tech startup PassRight! They were recently acquired by Jacob's firm!(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, Docketwise! All-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈)(❤️ Also, Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, Joorney Business Plans! Joorney partners with immigration and global mobility professionals to create tailor-made business plans for EB-2 NIW, E-2, EB-5 visas, and more. Check out Joorney here! 👉 https://bit.ly/visit-joorney 👈 )PassRight was launched in 2017, and has been a lesser-known immigration tech startup at the forefront of supporting talented individuals and entrepreneurs with O-1 visas, EB-1 and EB-2 NIW green cards and much more.Joanna, who was a co-founder, started in customer success, was the CEO for some time, and now is the head of global expansion. Jacob, an immigration attorney and founder of Sapochnick Law Firm, and tech investor, recently acquired PassRight to help the business expand, provide dedicated attorney support, and to help his firm’s clients and prospects automate even more.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about:🔹 Joanna’s life, career, and her experience at PassRight from the beginning and how it evolved.🔹 Jacob’s life and career, and how his law firm has evolved over time with tech acquisitions.🔹 How Jacob came across PassRight, how acquisition discussions went, and lessons learned.🔹 What PassRight does today, how it works, and where the company, and industry are headed.And more!So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!#immigration #immigrationlaw #relocation #globalmobility #legaltech----Check out PassRight here: https://www.passright.com/Follow Jacob here: https://tinyurl.com/2fvka9s4 and Joanna here: https://tinyurl.com/yrntyat8Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/Connect with Roman Zelichenko on LinkedIn! https://tinyurl.com/romanzel🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 https://streamyard.com/pal/d/63529503...

🎙 Today, on episode 118 of the GMI Rocket show, I’m speaking with Awais Hussain, CEO of O1Pathways, an AI-powered platform that provides O-1 visa assessments, research and prep!(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, Docketwise! All-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈)(❤️ Also, Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, Joorney Business Plans! Joorney partners with immigration and global mobility professionals to create tailor-made business plans for EB-2 NIW, E-2, EB-5 visas, and more. Check out Joorney here! 👉 https://bit.ly/visit-joorney 👈 )Awais came to the US from the UK on an F-1 visa to study at Harvard. He graduated with a degree in physics and philosophy, and some programming experience, and even co-founded a time tracking iPhone mobile app startup while in college.After graduating, Awais traveled the world for a year with Harvard’s Benjamin Trustman Traveling Fellowship, and then began as a software developer for a mobile payment technology startup, WaveAwais excelled at Wave, and they eventually brought him to the US on an L-1 visa, before eventually switching to an O-1. This was incredibly exciting for Awais, but he also realized how confusing and inefficient the O-1 process was. And that’s where O1Pathways was born!So, here’s what we’re going to talk about:🔹 Awais’s early life growing up in the UK and why he chose to attend Harvard on an F-1 visa.🔹 Awais’s experience with his first startup during college, and traveling the world afterwards.🔹 How Awais moved to the US on an L-1, got his O-1, and how that led to O1Pathways.🔹 How O1Pathways works, where the company is heading, and thoughts on immigration tech.And more!So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!#immigration #immigrationlaw #relocation #globalmobility #legaltech----Check out O1Pathways here: https://o1pathways.com/Follow Awais on LinkedIn here:   / aw-hussain  Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/Connect with Roman Zelichenko on LinkedIn! https://tinyurl.com/romanzel

🎙 On episode 117 of the GMI Rocket show, we’re talking with James Tomlin, co-founder & CEO of VisaDoc, an AI-powered business visa application tool.(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, Docketwise! All-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈)(❤️ Also, Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, Joorney Business Plans! Joorney partners with immigration and global mobility professionals to create tailor-made business plans for EB-2 NIW, E-2, EB-5 visas, and more. Check out Joorney here! 👉 https://bit.ly/visit-joorney 👈 )James, originally from the UK, started his career in sales, where he dabbled in setting up a compliance desk for his first employer that handled, among other things, immigration.James was also entrepreneurial early on, building a cross-border staffing company and running it for over three years. From there, he helped grow VisaHQ, which handles visa and passport applications, Safeture, where he worked on cross-border Covid passporting, and a few global mobility companies.Throughout that whole time, James continuously heard about how many issues companies ran into managing business visas for employees. So he decided to do something about it, and built VisaDoc, which leverages AI to help companies obtain and manage business visas for employees at scale.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about:🔹 James’s early life in the UK, university experience, and how he got introduced to mobility🔹 James’s experience working at multiple immigration-related tech and service companies🔹 How the idea for VisaDocs was born, how James built and launched it, and early days🔹 How VisaDocs automates business visas today, and where the business is headingAnd more!So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!#immigration #immigrationlaw #relocation #globalmobility #legaltech----Check out VisaDoc here: https://www.visadoc.co.uk/Follow James on LinkedIn here:   / jamesptomlin  Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/Connect with Roman Zelichenko on LinkedIn! https://tinyurl.com/romanzel

🎙 On episode 116 of the GMI Rocket show, I’m excited to chat with Steve Recio, Founder & CEO at Pipefile, which helps immigration law firms get client documents quickly, easily and securely.(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, Docketwise! All-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈)(❤️ Also, Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, Joorney Business Plans! Joorney partners with immigration and global mobility professionals to create tailor-made business plans for EB-2 NIW, E-2, EB-5 visas, and more. Check out Joorney here! 👉 https://bit.ly/visit-joorney 👈 )Steve, whose father immigrated to the US from Cuba at a young age, didn’t think much about immigration law most of his life. It was part of him and his family, but not part of his work.Steve graduated with a Computer Science degree from Stanford university and set on a successful path with a variety of great jobs. But… as all entrepreneurs do… he eventually decided that he wanted to start something of his own.Pipefile was born as a platform that helps a variety of professionals, from real estate to tax to law, to more easily and seamlessly gather needed documents from clients. But after a few immigration lawyers caught wind of Pipefile, it took off in our industry, and the rest is history.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about:🔹 Steve’s immigration story, his early life, and how that shaped him as an entrepreneur🔹 Why Steve decided on computer science and what he expected his career to look like🔹 How the idea for Pipefile was born, his first clients, and how it exploded in immigration🔹 How Pipefile works works today, how immigration law firms use it, and what’s in its futureAnd more!So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!#immigration #immigrationlaw #relocation #globalmobility #legaltech----Check out Pipefile here: https://pipefile.com/Follow Steve on LinkedIn here:   / steverecio  Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/Connect with Roman Zelichenko on LinkedIn! https://tinyurl.com/romanzel

🎙 On episode 115 of the GMI Rocket show, we’re talking to Sara Schmitt, co-founder and COO of Adro, which helps international students and workers get access to checking, savings, credit and international money transfers(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, Docketwise! All-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈)(❤️ Also, Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, Joorney Business Plans! Joorney partners with immigration and global mobility professionals to create tailor-made business plans for EB-2 NIW, E-2, EB-5 visas, and more. Check out Joorney here! 👉 https://bit.ly/visit-joorney 👈 )Sara majored in poetry in college and leveraged her unique educational background during job interviews, emphasizing poets as "the original systems thinkers." She secured her first job at a top media agency in NYC, and leveraged that into a position at Epic, a HealthTech company.After nearly a decade in her role at Epic, a supportive manager encouraged her to pursue an MBA. During graduate school, she met her cofounder, Amarildo, and identified a gap in the financial system for international professionals, particularly around access to credit and banking services.This led to the creation of their company, Adro.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about:🔹 Sara’s early life, art education, and transition into a career in media and tech🔹 Why Sara decided to attend business school, and her experience at Amazon afterwards🔹 How the idea for Adro came about, and what inspired her and her cofounders to launch it🔹 How Adro works, who it helps, and Sara’s vision of the future of tech & finance for immigrantsAnd more!So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!#immigration #immigrationlaw #relocation #globalmobility #fintech----Check out Adro here: https://www.joinadro.com/Follow Sara on LinkedIn here:   / saraschmitt  Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/Connect with Roman Zelichenko on LinkedIn! https://tinyurl.com/romanzel

🎙 On episode 114 of the GMI Rocket show, we’re talking to Ravindrababu M V, the founder of an AI-enabled immigration software solution for law firms and paralegals called ImmiBox!(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, Docketwise! All-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈)(❤️ Also, Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, Joorney Business Plans! Joorney partners with immigration and global mobility professionals to create tailor-made business plans for EB-2 NIW, E-2, EB-5 visas, and more. Check out Joorney here! 👉 https://bit.ly/visit-joorney 👈 )Ravi has an interesting journey to starting ImmiBox. Based in Hyderabad, India, his background is in engineering and computer science. He’s been a software developer since 2000, and worked at small companies as well as Cognizant.But he had an entrepreneurial spirit in him as well. After a successful career, he started Innvectra Info Solutions, a software and web develpment company back in 2008. While it’s still operating today, Ravi started Ideateq Inc., a sort of idea incubator to launch his OWN products.And that’s how ImmiBox was born.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about:🔹 Ravi’s early life and career path, particularly in the tech sector in India in the late 90s.🔹 How Ravi went from working at a big company to starting his own development firm.🔹 What drove Ravi to then launch Ideateq, and how he came to focus on US immigration tech🔹 What ImmiBox does today, target clients, and where the company is going in the futureAnd more!So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!#immigration #immigrationlaw #relocation #globalmobility #legaltech----Check out ImmiBox here: https://immibox.com/Follow Ravi on LinkedIn here:   / mvrbabu  Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/Connect with Roman Zelichenko on LinkedIn! https://tinyurl.com/romanzel

🎙 On episode 113 of the GMI Rocket show, we’re talking to prior guest and immigration tech luminary Greg Siskind, and co-founder Josh Waddell about their updated Visalaw.ai product, Gen! (❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, Docketwise! All-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈) (❤️ Also, Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, Joorney Business Plans! Joorney partners with immigration and global mobility professionals to create tailor-made business plans for EB-2 NIW, E-2, EB-5 visas, and more. Check out Joorney here! 👉 https://bit.ly/visit-joorney 👈 ) Greg Siskind, credited with having one of the first law firm websites on the Internet back in the mid-90s, has been a legal tech thought leader for years - from using tech to market his firm, Siskind Susser, to building bespoke products using no-code / low-code platform. When Josh was hired at the law firm in 2016, he came in to help the firm become more efficient with the tech they already had. Now, almost a decade later, he’s a co-founder of the firm’s spinoff tech company, Visalaw.ai, and has helped build an industry-specific AI research and drafting product: Gen. So, here’s what we’re going to talk about: 🔹 Greg and Josh’s separate career paths, and how both of them interacted with tech in the past 🔹 How Josh came to Greg’s firm and his initial work enhancing the firm’s efficiency 🔹 The initial idea behind Visalaw.ai, how it was started, and how it’s evolved since ChatGPT 🔹 What GEN Core and GEN Drafts do, the future of the company, and thoughts on legal AI And more! So please join us, ask questions and leave comments! #immigration #immigrationlaw #relocation #globalmobility #legaltech ---- Check out Visalaw.ai here: https://visalaw.ai Follow Greg on LinkedIn here:   / siskind   and Josh here:   / jnwaddell   Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​ Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/ Connect with Roman Zelichenko on LinkedIn! https://tinyurl.com/romanzel

🎙 On episode 112 of the GMI Rocket show, we’re talking to immigration lawyer and entrepreneur Christian Frank, founder of Virtualaw, which helps law firms digitize using off-the-shelf tools. (❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, Docketwise! All-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈) (❤️ Also, Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, Joorney Business Plans! Joorney partners with immigration and global mobility professionals to create tailor-made business plans for EB-2 NIW, E-2, EB-5 visas, and more. Check out Joorney here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈 ) Christian Frank was born and raised in Puerto Rico. Growing up, Christian was a tinkerer, becoming extremely interested in technology and the World Wide Web. During law school, Christian created a virtual database of all his textbooks, on his own “cloud” server, which helped not just him but his classmates. When he launched his law firm in 2007, he digitized the firm at a time when there weren’t too many specialized immigration tools available. This grew into Virtualaw, a consultancy that helps law firms streamline and digitize their workflows using off-the-shelf technology. Here’s what we’re going to talk about: 🔹 Christian’s early life in Puerto Rico, and how he initially got into technology and computers 🔹 How Christian digitized materials during law school and transitioned that into his law practice 🔹 Christian’s law firm journey and how he eventually launched Virtualaw to help other lawyers digitize 🔹 How Virtualaw works today, how it helps immigration law firms, and thoughts on legal tech going forward And more! So please join us, ask questions and leave comments! #immigration #immigrationlaw #relocation #globalmobility #legaltech ---- Check out Virtualaw here: https://virtua.law/ Follow Christian on LinkedIn here:   / virtualawyer   Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​ Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/ Connect with Roman Zelichenko on LinkedIn! https://tinyurl.com/romanzel

🎙 On episode 111 of the GMI Rocket show, we’re talking to with Bisi Obateru, the CEO & founder of JustiGuide, an AI-powered immigration tech startup helping lawyers streamline immigration practice. (❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, Docketwise! All-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈) (❤️ Also, Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, Joorney Business Plans! Joorney partners with immigration and global mobility professionals to create tailor-made business plans for EB-2 NIW, E-2, EB-5 visas, and more. Check out Joorney here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈 ) Bisi Obateru, originally from Lagos, Nigeria, came to the US as an F-1 student to attend university. Frustrated and confused about visa options, he applied for an O-1 artist visa after graduating. Eventually finding H-1B cap exempt employment at a local nonprofit in the San Francisco area, the experience of not having a straightforward option, confusion and fear talking about immigration, and the expense, got Bisi thinking… There must be a better way. As an urban planning major and looking to streamline global mobility, JustiGuide was born. So, here’s what we’re going to talk about: 🔹 Bisi’s early life in Nigeria, coming to the US on an F-1 visa, and his urban planning studies 🔹 How Bisi navigated US immigration upon graduating, and the frustrations he came across 🔹 Bisi’s entrepreneurial experience starting a music business and how it led to starting JustiGuide 🔹 How JustiGuide works today, how it helps immigration lawyers, and the future of global mobility And more! So please join us, ask questions and leave comments! #immigration #immigrationlaw #relocation #globalmobility #legaltech ---- Check out JustiGuide here: https://www.justi.guide/ Follow Bisi on LinkedIn here:   / bisiobateru   Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​ Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/ Connect with Roman Zelichenko on LinkedIn!   / romanzelichenko-electronic-lca-posting-pub...  

🎙 On episode 110 of the GMI Rocket show, we’re chatting with Aizada Marat, the CEO & founder of Alma, an immigration tech startup focused on streamlining O-1, EB-1 and EB-2 NIW visas. (❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, LEX Reception! A legal intake, reception and client support service immigration professionals use to never miss a client call or inquiry again. Get $250 off your first month by using this link! 👉 https://lnkd.in/e9rADmmD 👈) (❤️ Also, Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, Docketwise! All-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈 ) Aizada Marat, originally from Kyrgyzstan, came to the US for her LLM at Harvard Law School. But despite her incredible credentials and experience, she ran into numerous immigration challenges So like most immigration tech entrepreneurs, she started thinking: “Why was it so hard for me to get the visa I feel most qualified for? Perhaps there’s a better way?” Thus Alma was born, a platform that “simplifies immigration for founders, technologists, researchers and others at the top of their fields.“ So, here’s what we’re going to talk about on this episode: 🔹 Aizada’s early life in Kyrgyzstan, practicing law at home, and why she chose Harvard law school 🔹 Aizada’s immigration experience and challenges, and how it inspired her to think about a solution 🔹 How Aizada left her legal career, her entrepreneurial experiences, and how it led to Alma 🔹 What Alma does today, how immigration lawyers are involved, and her thoughts on legal tech And more! So please join us, ask questions and leave comments! #immigration #immigrationlaw #legaltech #globalmobility #legaltech ---- Check out Alma here: https://www.tryalma.ai/ Follow Aizada on LinkedIn here:   / aizadamarat   Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​ Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/ Connect with Roman Zelichenko on LinkedIn!   / romanzelichenko-electronic-lca-posting-pub...  

🎙 On episode 109 of the GMI Rocket show, we’re going to hear from Dorna Moini, the founder/CEO of a legal document and process automation startup called Gavel! (❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, LEX Reception! A legal intake, reception and client support service immigration professionals use to never miss a client call or inquiry again. Get $250 off your first month by using this link! 👉 https://lnkd.in/e9rADmmD 👈) (❤️ Also, Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, Docketwise! All-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈 ) Dorna Moin, an LA-based lawyer, worked as a corporate attorney for a number of years. Along the way, she became quite involved in pro bono work, specifically with domestic violence victims. But of course, handling DV cases was manual, involved a lot of paperwork, and forced her (and her pro bono client) to spend her precious limited time on administrative tasks… and so her first tech product was born - a tool to help domestic violence survivors navigate the legal process. And while this didn’t end up becoming a business, it led to the creation of Gavel! So, here’s what we’re going to talk about on this episode: 🔹Dorna’s family’s immigration story, her early years, education, and why she decided on law school 🔹Dorna’s experience doing pro bono work for domestic violence clients, and how it inspired her 🔹Dorna’s first tech product, and how it eventually evolved into what would become Gavel 🔹What Gavel does today, how immigration lawyers use it, and the future of legal tech And more! So please join us, ask questions and leave comments! #immigration #immigrationlaw #legaltech #globalmobility #legaltech ---- Check out Gavel here: https://www.gavel.io/home Follow Dorna on LinkedIn here:   / documentautomation   Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​ Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/ Connect with Roman Zelichenko on LinkedIn!   / romanzelichenko-electronic-lca-posting-pub...  

🎙 On episode 108 of the GMI Rocket show, we’re speaking to two co-founders building an AI immigration startup for O-1, EB-1 and EB-2 NIW visas, Philip Smart and Jackson Perry of Parley! (❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, LEX Reception! A legal intake, reception and client support service immigration professionals use to never miss a client call or inquiry again. Get $250 off your first month by using this link! 👉 https://lnkd.in/e9rADmmD 👈) (❤️ Also, Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, Docketwise! All-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈 ) Philip and Jackson were friends in college and always wanted to build something together. Both have entrepreneurial backgrounds and founded successful businesses in college, and, along with a third co-founder, they were exploring a number of industries. Along the way, Philip spoke to his father, a long-time immigration attorney, about his challenges, thoughts on tech in immigration, and possible opportunities. That conversation hit the nail on the head - using technology to make his father’s work better was the winner. Thus, Parley was born. So, here’s what we’re going to talk about on this episode: 🔹Philip’s and Jackson’s background and their journeys in college attending UNC. 🔹Their entrepreneurial endeavors during college, lessons learned, and vision for their futures. 🔹How their conversations with Philip’s father, an immigration attorney, inspired Parley. 🔹What Parley does today, where the company is header, and general thoughts on immigration tech. And more! So please join us, ask questions and leave comments! #immigration #immigrationlaw #legaltech #globalmobility #legaltech ---- Check out Parley here: https://www.parley.so/ Follow Philip on LinkedIn here:   / phildsmart   and Jackson on LinkedIn here:   / jackson-perry   Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​ Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/ Connect with Roman Zelichenko on LinkedIn!   / romanzelichenko-electronic-lca-posting-pub...  

🎙 On episode 107 of the GMI Rocket show, we’re speaking to Lisa Wehden, the founder and CEO of an immigration tech startup disrupting the O-1 space, Plymouth (aka Plymouth Street)! (❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, LEX Reception! A legal intake, reception and client support service immigration professionals use to never miss a client call or inquiry again. Get $250 off your first month by using this link! 👉 https://lnkd.in/e9rADmmD 👈) (❤️ Also, Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, Docketwise! All-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈 ) Lisa’s entrepreneurial story is one that, like many, stems from the frustration she felt dealing with her own immigration journey. Lisa, who was applying for an H-1B visa, was ultimately not selected back in 2020. She felt she had no other options until she started digging more into the O-1 visa… Lisa ended up finding an attorney who believed she had a case, so she worked on her qualifications, put together a strong petition on her own, and had her new attorney review it, recommend suggestions, and ultimately file it. She was successful, and she wanted to help others do the same. So, here’s what we’re going to talk about on this episode: 🔹Lisa’s background, education in the UK, and early career 🔹How Lisa came to the startup world, which ultimately brought her to the US 🔹Lisa’s challenging US immigration journey and how it led to the creation of Plymouth 🔹How Plymouth works today, plans for the future, and Lisa’s vision for immigration tech And more! So please join us, ask questions and leave comments! #immigration #immigrationlaw #legaltech #globalmobility #legaltech ---- Check out Plymouth here: https://www.plymouthstreet.com/ Follow Lisa on LinkedIn here:   / lisa-wehden-aa111385   Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​ Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/ Connect with Roman Zelichenko on LinkedIn!   / romanzelichenko-electronic-lca-posting-pub...  

🎙 On episode 106 of the GMI Rocket show, we have the opportunity to chat with Jimmy Zahoor, the founder of one of the longest-standing immigration case management platforms Infotems! (❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, LEX Reception! A legal intake, reception and client support service immigration professionals use to never miss a client call or inquiry again. Get $250 off your first month by using this link! 👉 https://lnkd.in/e9rADmmD 👈) (❤️ Also, Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, Docketwise! All-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈 ) Jimmy’s story is one that includes multiple instances of immigration. First his family immigrated from Pakistan to Canada when he was a young boy, and then, decades later, Jimmy moved his family from Canada to the US for work. When Jimmy’s immigration lawyer asked him to photocopy and send over all his immigration docs for his US visa application, the software engineer in Jimmy said, “there must be a better way.” It started as a private FTP server to share documents securely with this lawyer. It turned into Infotems. So, here’s what we’re going to talk about on this episode: 🔹​​Jimmy’s family’s immigration journey and growing up and going to school in Canada 🔹Jimmy’s journey to the US for work and the immigration experience that got him thinking about 🔹How Jimmy first started Infotems and early days building the company on nights and weekends 🔹How Infotems evolved, what the company does today, and where it’s heading in the future And more! So please join us, ask questions and leave comments! #immigration #immigrationlaw #h1bvisa #globalmobility #legaltech ---- Check out Infotems here: https://intranet.infotems.com/index.html Follow Jimmy on LinkedIn here:   / jimmy-zahoor-580b092b   Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​ Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/ Connect with Roman Zelichenko on LinkedIn!   / romanzelichenko-electronic-lca-posting-pub...  

🎙 On episode 105 of the GMI Rocket show, we dive into an AI immigration tech startup focused on O-1A, EB-2 NIW, and EB-1A applications called CaseBlink with two of its co-founders, CEO Khalil Zlaoui and COO Tina Zedginidze. (❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, LEX Reception! A legal intake, reception and client support service immigration professionals use to never miss a client call or inquiry again. Get $250 off your first month by using this link! 👉 https://lnkd.in/e9rADmmD 👈) (❤️ Also, Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, Docketwise! All-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈 ) Khalil, a machine learning scientist with a background in data and AI, started to work on a solution to the massive challenge of US immigration leveraging his experience and knowledge. Using generative AI, he thought, to help individuals and immigration lawyers get through immigration more easily. Along with Tina, an experienced immigration lawyer excited about building leveraging AI and a third co-founder, they’re doing just that. So here’s what we’re going to talk about: 🔹​​Khalil and Tina’s backgrounds, studies, and early career paths. 🔹How Khalil came across immigration as a problem to solve and his first steps toward a CaseBlink. 🔹How Khalil and Tina connected, joined a tech accelerator, and iterated on CaseBlink. 🔹What CaseBlink does today, their vision for the company’s future, and thoughts on immigration AI. And more! So please join us, ask questions and leave comments! #immigration #immigrationlaw #globalmobility #legaltech #h1bvisa ---- Check out CaseBlink here: https://caseblink.com/ Follow Khalil on LinkedIn here:   / khalilzlaoui   and Tina here:   / tina-zedginidze   Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​ Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/ Connect with Roman Zelichenko on LinkedIn!   / romanzelichenko-electronic-lca-posting-pub...  

🎙 On episode 104 of the GMI Rocket show, our next M&A Series installment, we dive into one of the biggest industry acquisitions of 2023… Boundless acquiring Bridge. I’m incredibly honored to have Boundless founder Xiao Wang and Bridge founder Romish Badani on the show to talk about it! (❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, LEX Reception! A legal intake, reception and client support service immigration professionals use to never miss a client call or inquiry again. Get $250 off your first month by using this link! 👉 https://lnkd.in/e9rADmmD 👈) (❤️ Also, Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, Docketwise! All-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈 ) I’ve had both Xiao and Romish on this show before, so definitely check out those episodes. In short, Xiao has built Boundless into one of the biggest immigration businesses in the world, with a focus on family-based immigration. Romish built Bridge to be a tech-first business immigration platform, supporting companies with their work visa programs. In 2023 they joined forces. So here’s what we’re going to talk about: 🔹​​Xiao and Romish’s backgrounds and how they built their businesses separate businesses 🔹How Xiao and Romish first connected, and their path toward discussing a potential acquisition 🔹What the M&A process was like and their thoughts about Boundless now post-acquisition 🔹Their vision for the future of Boundless and immigration tech, and some advice around M&A And more! So please join us, ask questions and leave comments! #immigration #immigrationlaw #globalmobility #relocation #legaltech ---- Check out Boundless here: https://www.boundless.com/ Follow Xiao on LinkedIn here:   / xiaowang1   and Romish here:   / romishbadani   Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​ Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/ Connect with Roman Zelichenko on LinkedIn!   / romanzelichenko-electronic-lca-posting-pub...  

🎙 Episode 103 of the GMI Rocket show is a super exciting one, because we’re diving into a nonprofit immigration tech incubator of sorts, Justicia Lab, with its Director, Rodrigo Camarena! (❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, LEX Reception! A legal intake, reception and client support service immigration professionals use to never miss a client call or inquiry again. Get $250 off your first month by using this link! 👉 https://lnkd.in/e9rADmmD 👈) (❤️ Also, Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, Docketwise! All-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈 ) Rodrigo’s story starts in Mexico, where he was born. His father, an engineer with work opportunities in the US, first brought Rodrigo to the US when he was about four. They crossed the US / Mexico border countless times as a kid, and that was Rodrigo’s first experience going through immigration. Since 2004, Rodrigo’s been working with the immigrant community. At NYU as a researcher, at a nonprofit supporting NYC’s immigrant community, for the city of New York supporting minority-owned businesses, and eventually Immigration Advocates Network (IAN), which became Justicia Lab when he came on as a Director and turned it into a pro bono legal tech incubator. So, here’s what we’re going to talk about on this episode: 🔹​​Rodrigo’s family’s immigration journey, growing up in two countries, and how that impacted him 🔹How Rodrigo’s experience at NYU, and how he landed his first job helping immigrants 🔹Rodrigo’s career journey in the public and public-adjacent sector, and how he came to IAN 🔹How IAN evolved into Justicia Lab, what it does today, and where Justicia Lab is heading And more! So please join us, ask questions and leave comments! #immigration #immigrationlaw #asylum #justice #legaltech ---- Check out Justicia Lab here: https://www.justicialab.org/ Follow Rodrigo on LinkedIn here:   / rodrigo-camarena   Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​ Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/ Connect with Roman Zelichenko on LinkedIn!   / romanzelichenko-electronic-lca-posting-pub...  

🎙 On episode 102 of the GMI Rocket show, we’re diving into payments company and platform BYDcash, that helps clients finance immigration services, with CEO Kim Humphreys! (❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, LEX Reception! A legal intake, reception and client support service immigration professionals use to never miss a client call or inquiry again. Get $250 off your first month by using this link! 👉 https://lnkd.in/e9rADmmD 👈) (❤️ Also, Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, Docketwise! All-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈 ) Kim started her career in a communications role at Secure First Network Bank, which was actually the first pure Internet bank in the United States, launching in 1995, that had no physical branch bank offices and could only be accessed online. In 2011 she founded a payments company called NOW Corp, an accounts receivable solution for businesses, and then in 2021 founded BYDcash, which helps those seeking immigration support get loans to cover both your attorney fees and your government filing fees and uses a proprietary algorithm to decide immigrants’ creditworthiness. Here’s what we’re going to talk about on this episode: 🔹​​Kim’s background, growing up in Georgia, and her studies at the University of Alabama 🔹Kim’s career in the banking sector and how she ultimately launched her first company 🔹Kim’s experience with her first business and how and why it led to launching BYDcash 🔹What BYDcash does today, where it’s heading, and Kim’s thoughts on immigrant finance And more! So please join us, ask questions and leave comments! #immigration #immigrationlaw #h1bvisa #banking #neobank ---- Check out BYDcash here: https://bydcash.com/ Follow Kim on LinkedIn here:   / kimhumphreys   Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​ Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/ Connect with Roman Zelichenko on LinkedIn!   / romanzelichenko-electronic-lca-posting-pub...  

🎙 On episode 101 of the GMI Rocket show, we’re talking to past guest Jared Jaskot, and Lory Rosenberg, founder and product architect, respectively, of Access 61, an AI-powered service that provides limited scope asylum and other case preparation and filing services. (❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, LEX Reception! A legal intake, reception and client support service immigration professionals use to never miss a client call or inquiry again. Get $250 off your first month by using this link! 👉 https://lnkd.in/e9rADmmD 👈) (❤️ Also, Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, Docketwise! All-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈 ) Jaskot founded Jaskot.Law in 2014, and YoTengoBot, an AI chatbot that’s helped over 150,000 immigrants better understand their cases, in 2016. Jared’s firm mainly focuses on humanitarian cases, so Jared thought, “how can I use AI to make asylum and other cases easier and cheaper?” Lory, a former immigration judge, humanitarian immigration attorney and refugee and migrant rights policy director joined Jared to turn humanitarian immigration processes into AI-enabled services. Here’s what we’re going to talk about on this episode: 🔹​​Jared’s and Lory’s backgrounds, Jared’s entrepreneurial Journey and how Lory came to Access 61 🔹How the idea behind Access 61 first came about and Jared’s first steps to building it 🔹How Lory leveraged her expertise as a humanitarian immigration lawyer to bring AI to asylum 🔹How Access 61 works today, where the product is going, and Jared and Lory’s vision of the future And more! So please join us, ask questions and leave comments! #immigration #immigrationlaw #asylum #humanitarian #refugee ---- Check out Access 61 here: https://access61.com/ Follow Jared on LinkedIn here: /jared-jaskot-115b36152 and Lory on LinkedIn here: /loryrosenberg Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​ Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/ Connect with Roman Zelichenko on LinkedIn! /romanzelichenko-electronic-lca-posting-pub...

🎙 On this very special 100th episode of the GMI Rocket show, we’re speaking Britt Vergnolle, co-founder of BDV Solutions, which finds, vets, and supports companies in sponsoring EB-3 Unskilled Visa and other applicants for employment opportunities! (❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, LEX Reception! A legal intake, reception and client support service immigration professionals use to never miss a client call or inquiry again. Get $250 off your first month by using this link! 👉 https://lnkd.in/e9rADmmD 👈) (❤️ Also, Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, Docketwise! All-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈 ) Britt co-founded BDV Solutions with her husband in Greenville, South Caroline, at her kitchen table more than 10 years ago. For a number of years, BDV focused specifically on EB-3 “unskilled” labor. In 2021, New York-based private equity firm Astara Capital Partners LLC acquired a majority stake in the company, and now they’ve expanded to help American businesses access untapped networks of global talent across multiple visa categories. So, here’s what we’re going to talk about on this episode: 🔹​​Britt’s background, her early life, and the first stage of her career working in communications 🔹What drew Britt to eventually start BDV Solutions, and how she got it off the ground 🔹BDV’s growth and expansion over the years, and why they ultimately brought in outside investors 🔹What BDV does now, Britt’s life since stepping down as CEO, and her vision for the BDV’s future And more! So please join us, ask questions and leave comments! #immigration #immigrationlaw #globalmobility #relocation #staffing ---- Check out BDV Solutions here: https://www.bdvsolutions.com/ Follow Britt on LinkedIn here: /britt-vergnolle-858976162 Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​ Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/ Connect with Roman Zelichenko on LinkedIn! /romanzelichenko-electronic-lca-posting-pub...

🎙 On episode 99 of the GMI Rocket show, we’re chatting with two cousins-turned-tech entrepreneurs, Shibin Sundaran and Raj Vijay, co-founders of immigration AI startup, Inception AI! (❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, LEX Reception! A legal intake, reception and client support service immigration professionals use to never miss a client call or inquiry again. Get $250 off your first month by using this link! 👉 https://lnkd.in/e9rADmmD 👈) (❤️ Also, Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, Docketwise! All-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈 ) As cousins who had long spoken about starting a business together, Shibin leveraged his experience as a Big 4 automation professional and AI enthusiast and Raj’s project management background and US immigration journey to build a platform that drafts petitions in minutes. Inception AI allows immigration law firm users to dump all the documents for a particular case, say an Adjustment of Status, the platform then reads the documents, sorts them, fills out necessary forms, and drafts initial letters. Inception apparently plays nice with case management tools too. So, here’s what we’re going to talk about on this episode: 🔹​​Shibin and Raj’s backgrounds, early days, and their education 🔹What drew Raj to immigrate to the US two decades ago and why Shibin remained in India 🔹How Inception AI came about, especially as both co-founders had full-time jobs at the time 🔹How Inception AI works today, what’s in store moving forward, and thoughts on immigration AI And more! So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!

#immigration #immigrationlaw #globalmobility #relocation #legaltech ---- Check out Inception AI here: https://www.inceptionai.co/ Follow them on LinkedIn here: /shibinsundaran & /raj-vijay-a35939 Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​ Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/ Connect with Roman Zelichenko on LinkedIn!   / romanzelichenko-electronic-lca-posting-pub...  

🎙 On episode 98 of the GMI Rocket show, we’re chatting with an inspiring law school dropout-turned-legal tech founder: Adam Sharf, COO and co-founder of Pigeon! (❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, LEX Reception! A legal intake, reception and client support service immigration professionals use to never miss a client call or inquiry again. Get $250 off your first month by using this link! 👉 https://lnkd.in/e9rADmmD 👈) (❤️ Also, Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, Docketwise! All-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈 ) In short, Pigeon is a platform specifically designed to make document requisition, tracking and collecting simple, streamlined and compliant. It’s meant to complement immigration case management and other tools where document collection is a feature. Here, it’s the core. Adam, who completed 2.5 years at Harvard Law School before dropping out (or pausing - he vows to go back and get his JD!) and building Pigeon with a childhood friend. They were accepted into the prestigious Y Combinator startup accelerator, and since then haven’t stopped. So, here’s what we’re going to talk about on this episode: 🔹​​Adam’s background, early days, and his education leading up to law school 🔹What drew Adam to law school, and what eventually led him to drop out and launch Pigeon 🔹Adam’s experience building Pigeon, Y Combinator, and how Pigeon helps immigration lawyers 🔹Pigeon today, the company’s future plans, and his thoughts about immigration tech in general And more! So please join us, ask questions and leave comments! #immigration #immigrationlaw #globalmobility #relocation #legaltech ---- Check out Pigeon here: https://www.pigeondocuments.com/immigration-law Follow Adam on LinkedIn here:   / adamsharf   Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​ Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/ Connect with Roman Zelichenko on LinkedIn!   / romanzelichenko-electronic-lca-posting-pub...  

🎙 Today is episode 97 of the GMI Rocket show, and I’m really excited to speak to John Moye, co-founder of Pro Se Pro, which helps individuals with attorney-crafted guides file various Mandamus lawsuits to expedite their immigration journeys. (❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, LEX Reception! A legal intake, reception and client support service immigration professionals use to never miss a client call or inquiry again. Get $250 off your first month by using this link! 👉 https://lnkd.in/e9rADmmD 👈) (❤️ Also, Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, Docketwise! All-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈 ) Pro Se Pro was actually the brainchild of renowned immigration litigator Brad Banias, who worked as a trial attorney at the DOJ, and then as a private attorney assisting with immigration litigation. John Moye, who is a seasoned entrepreneur, marketer and business professional, joined up with Brad (we’ll talk about how they met each other!), to build Pro Se Pro to empower individuals to take their litigation matters into their own hands, at a lower cost and successfully. So, here’s what we’re going to talk about on this episode: 🔹​​John’s background, business and marketing education, and how he first met Brad Banias 🔹John’s various entrepreneurial endeavors, from a food to aquatic construction to education 🔹Why John decided to partner up with Brad and their third co-founder and build Pro Se Pro 🔹How Pro Se Pro started, how the company works today, and where it’s heading in the future And more! So please join us, ask questions and leave comments! #immigration #immigrationlaw #globalmobility #relocation #litigation ---- Check out Pro Se Pro here: https://www.prosepro.co/ Follow John on LinkedIn here:   / johnmoye1   Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​ Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/ Connect with Roman Zelichenko on LinkedIn!   / romanzelichenko-electronic-lca-posting-pub...  

🎙 On episode 96 of the GMI Rocket show, and the second M&A episode, we’re talking to immigration lawyer Jacob Sapochnick about his acquisition of TN Visa Expert, a company that streamlines the TN visa process. (❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, LEX Reception! A legal intake, reception and client support service immigration professionals use to never miss a client call or inquiry again. Get $250 off your first month by using this link! 👉 https://lnkd.in/e9rADmmD 👈) (❤️ Also, Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, Docketwise! All-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈 ) TN Visa Expert started as an MBA project by Gulam Jamal, an engineer by training who wanted to build a company that solved a problem. He felt that it was possible to use tech to help streamline the TN visa process, and almost two decades later, they’ve helped tens of thousands of TN applicants. About 8 years ago, immigration attorney Jacob Sapochnick started advising TN Visa Expert. And recently, that advisory relationship culminated into an opportunity to purchase the company! So, here’s what we’re going to talk about on this episode: 🔹​​Jacob’s background, and his experience with tech investing and acquisitions in immigration 🔹​​How Jacob came across TN Visa Expert, why started advising, and what he saw in the company 🔹Why Jacob decided to acquire TN Visa Expert and where he sees it fitting into his practice 🔹Jacob’s thoughts on acquisitions in the immigration industry and the value of niche legal tech And more! So please join us, ask questions and leave comments! #immigration #immigrationlaw #globalmobility #relocation #USMCA ---- Check out TN Visa Expert here: https://tnvisaexpert.com/ Follow Jacob on IG here:   / sandiegoimmigrationlawyer   Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​ Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/ Connect with Roman Zelichenko on LinkedIn!   / romanzelichenko-electronic-lca-posting-pub...