🎙 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/

🎙 On episode 127 of the GMI Rocket show, we’re talking to Sunder P and Shrikanth Ananda, co-founders of Immidart, an immigration tech platform for enterprises, SMEs and service providers.

(❤️ 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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Follow Sunder on LinkedIn here:   / sunderp   and Shrikanth here:   / shrikanth-ananda-5115064  

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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