🎙 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!

🎙 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.

🎙 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.

🎙 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.

🎙 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!

🎙 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!