🎙 On episode 89 of the GMI Rocket show, I’m speaking with an immigration tech founder who was let go while on an H-1B visa and launched a startup in response to help others avoid that same fate, Atal Agarwal, Founder of Immigrant First.

Originally from India where he received an engineering degree from one of the prestigious IIT schools, Atal came to the US and was on a J-1 visa, F-1 visa and eventually an H-1B visa, worked as a software engineer, and even got a master’s at UC Santa Barbara.

His career was going swimmingly until, in 2022, he found himself part of a layoff - his H-1B-sponsored job was no longer, and he now had 60 days to either find a new job or leave the US.

Over the next 2 months, Atal published a day-by-day account of his layoff which went viral, completed an Ironman race, and found a company that heard his plea and offered him a job.

But while he was seemingly spared, Atal felt he suffered an injustice. And, as he started using ChatGPT to draft his own green card application, Immigrant First was born.

So, here’s what Atal and I are going to be talking about:

And more!

So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!

#immigration #globalmobility #immigrationlaw #relocation #h1bvisa

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Check out Immigrant First here: https://immigrantfirst.ai/

Connect with Atal here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/atalovesyou/

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