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

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

The GMI Rocket podcast is hosted by me, Roman Zelichenko, an immigration lawyer-turned-immigration tech startup founder interviewing immigration technology founder and executives, and other influential people in the immigration and global mobility industry About me: I'm the co-founder and CEO of LaborLess, an H-1B compliance startup (http://www.laborless.io) I'm the founder of GMI Rocket, a digital market agency helping immigration and global mobility firms with marketing (http://www.gmirocket.com)

  1. Jared Jaskot & Lory Rosenberg, Access 61: AI + limited scope asylum & more

    OCT 21

    Jared Jaskot & Lory Rosenberg, Access 61: AI + limited scope asylum & more

    🎙 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...

    1h 20m
  2. Britt Vergnolle, Co-founder, BDV Solutions: EB-3 unskilled visa company

    OCT 18

    Britt Vergnolle, Co-founder, BDV Solutions: EB-3 unskilled visa company

    🎙 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...

    1h 11m
  3. Shibin Sundaran & Raj Vijay, Co-founders, Inception AI: Immigration AI tech

    OCT 16

    Shibin Sundaran & Raj Vijay, Co-founders, Inception AI: Immigration AI tech

    🎙 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...

    1h 12m
  4. Adam Sharf, COO, Pigeon: Streamlined document collection for immigration

    SEP 13

    Adam Sharf, COO, Pigeon: Streamlined document collection for immigration

    🎙 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...

    1h 7m
  5. John Moye, Co-founder, Pro Se Pro: Immigration litigation & mandamus tech

    SEP 11

    John Moye, Co-founder, Pro Se Pro: Immigration litigation & mandamus tech

    🎙 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...

    1h 12m
  6. Jacob Sapochnick, Founder, Sapochnick Law Firm: Acquires TN Visa Expert

    SEP 9

    Jacob Sapochnick, Founder, Sapochnick Law Firm: Acquires TN Visa Expert

    🎙 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...

    58 min
  7. Catherine Haight, Founder, Lista.io: Immigration law checklist & template app

    SEP 6

    Catherine Haight, Founder, Lista.io: Immigration law checklist & template app

    🎙 On Episode 95 of the GMI Rocket show, we’re talking to a fellow immigration attorney-turned-tech entrepreneur, Catherine Haight, founder of Lista.io, an immigration law checklist and template app! (❤️ 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 👈 ) Catherine actually still practices immigration law - after a few years doing “big law” immigration at the start of her career, she broke off on her own in 2022 and has been handling employment-based immigration cases focused on technology, entertainment, sports, media, and engineering, since. Over the years, Catherine developed incredibly detailed standard operating procedures (SOPs) to train her staff, and realized that digitizing those SOPs as dynamic, online “checklists” could be useful not just for her team but for any other immigration lawyers. And so Lista.io was born! So, here’s what we’re going to talk about: 🔹​​Catherine’s journey to becoming an immigration lawyer, and her early years at bigger firms 🔹​​Why Catherine started her own practice in 2002, and how she grew it over the years 🔹The inspiration for Lista.io, how Catherine started it, and where the company is today 🔹Catherine’s vision for Lista.io going forward, and general thoughts about tech in immigration And more! So please join us, ask questions and leave comments! #immigration #immigrationlaw #globalmobility #relocation #legaltech ---- Check out Lista.io here: https://www.lista.io/ Connect with Catherine here:   / catherinehaight   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...

    1h 3m
  8. Danielle & Jeff Goldman, Co-founders, Open Avenues: Cap exempt H-1B visa solution

    SEP 4

    Danielle & Jeff Goldman, Co-founders, Open Avenues: Cap exempt H-1B visa solution

    🎙 Episode 94 of the GMI Rocket show today is a really special one - a tag team interview about how concurrent cap-exempt H-1Bs with Open Avenues Foundation with Danielle Goldman and Jeff Goldman! (❤️ 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 👈 ) This all started with Jeff Goldman, an immigration lawyer whose firm advised a cap-subject client on filing a concurrent, cap-exempt H-1B for a candidate who was already in H-1B status rather than making that candidate leave their cap-exempt job and file for a cap-subject H-1B visa This led to the question: can this process scale to help many cap-exempt employers hire high-skilled talent without the headache of the H-1B cap? Jeff’s co-founder, and daughter, Danielle came on board to build on this idea, and the rest is history. So here’s what we’re going to talk about: 🔹​​Jeff’s immigration law career and how he came across concurrent cap-exempt H-1Bs 🔹​​Danielle’s study and career and why she chose to leave her career to join Open Avenues 🔹The origin of Open Avenues, how it solves the H-1B cap problem for employers and candidates 🔹The evolution of the Build Fellowship by Open Avenues, what it is, and where the org is goin next And more! So please join us, ask questions and leave comments! #h1bvisa #immigration #globalmobility #immigrationlaw #relocation ---- Check out Open Avenues Foundation here: https://www.openavenuesfoundation.org... Connect with Jeff here:   / jeff-goldman-bb88428   Connect with Danielle here:   / daniellesgoldman   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/

    1h 17m
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The GMI Rocket podcast is hosted by me, Roman Zelichenko, an immigration lawyer-turned-immigration tech startup founder interviewing immigration technology founder and executives, and other influential people in the immigration and global mobility industry About me: I'm the co-founder and CEO of LaborLess, an H-1B compliance startup (http://www.laborless.io) I'm the founder of GMI Rocket, a digital market agency helping immigration and global mobility firms with marketing (http://www.gmirocket.com)

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