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

🎙 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!

🎙 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.