🎙 On episode 151 of the GMI Rocket show, I’m incredibly excited to have Dan Mishin on the show, the CEO and Founder of Manifest, the most-talked about immigration law firm today.(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, eimmigration by Cerenade! For 30+ years, eimmigration has helped firms do it all: manage cases, prepare forms, track deadlines, and streamline work . It’s family-run, independent, AI-powered and human-supported. Get your first month free through GMI Rocket! 👉 https://get.eimmigration.com/gmi 👈)(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s second sponsor, ProfVal! ProfVal provides expert opinion letters, professional plans, and immigration business plans for EB-1, EB-2 NIW, H-1B, L-1, O-1, E-2, and EB-5 petitions. Check out ProfVal here! 👉 https://www.profval.com/ 👈)Dan was born in Crimea, Ukraine, and started his first company at 11 years old: a backpack hostel out of his grandmother’s apartment. He grew it into one of the largest hostel companies in Eastern Europe, moved to Moscow, built several more companies, and ultimately found his way to New York.Along the way, Dan went through the immigration process himself, getting an O-1, EB-1 and eventual citizenship. He also experienced immigration from the company side: hiring and sponsoring immigrants across his own businesses and seeing how expensive, slow, and frustrating it was.That combination of personal immigration experience, founder experience, and corporate hiring pain ultimately led him to build Manifest, an AI-powered immigration law firm designed to make high-quality immigration support faster, more accessible, and more aligned with how modern companies and immigrants actually need legal services to work.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about:🔹 Dan’s early life in Crimea, Ukraine, and starting his first company at 11 years old🔹 Dan’s experience building businesses across Eastern Europe before eventually moving to NYC🔹 Dan’s immigration journey from O-1 to EB-1 to US Citizen, and what led to building Manifest Law🔹 How Manifest is different, fundraising in legal, thoughts on the future of legal, and more!So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!----Check out Manifest here: https://manifestlaw.com/Follow Dan on LinkedIn here:   / danielmishin  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 150 of the GMI Rocket show, we’re speaking with Rachael Annabelle Yong, Founder & CEO of Gullie, an AI relocation platform for global teams!(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, 8am™ DocketWise! With a recent company rebrand to 8am, 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 👈)(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s second 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 👈)Rachael is originally from Singapore and grew up moving quite a bit, including Malaysia and Australia, before building her career across New York, London, Switzerland, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, and the Bay Area. Along the way, she also became Miss Singapore Supranational 2020, started her first company at 18, worked in venture, joined Google, and eventually taught herself how to code before.Because Rachael moved so often herself, especially in her early twenties and often on a small budget, she became the person friends and peers would ask: “How do you actually move?” What started as personal curiosity and lived experience eventually turned into a much bigger question around why relocation is still so fragmented, expensive, and difficult for businesses.That experience ultimately led her to launch Gullie, an AI-powered relocation platform helping companies move and integrate employees faster as they expand into new markets, hire global talent, and give people opportunities in the cities where they can do their best work.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about:🔹 Rachael’s early life in Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, and beyond🔹 Starting her first company at 18, working in venture and at Google, and teaching herself to code🔹 How her own global moves and personal relocation challenges led to the idea for Gullie🔹 What Gullie does today, how companies use relocation for growth, AI in mobility, and more!So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!----Check out Gullie here: https://www.gullie.io/Follow Rachael on LinkedIn here:   / rachaelannabelle  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 149 of the GMI Rocket show, we’re speaking with Nisan Yesildaglar, CEO of Imminova, a UK inbound AI-powered business immigration advisory!(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, 8am™ DocketWise! With a recent company rebrand to 8am, 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 👈)(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s second 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 👈)Nisan was born in Ankara, Turkey, and grew up across Europe because her mother was a diplomat. Educated in the French school system, she eventually moved to the UK, where her family transitioned from diplomatic life to navigating the realities of immigration themselves and where she later became a naturalized British citizen.After studying law in both the UK and France, Nisan built a career across several sides of immigration: corporate immigration law, UK government policy, and legal market research. Working as an immigration lawyer, she became increasingly frustrated by how much of the process relied on repetitive administrative work rather than legal strategy and client service.That experience ultimately led her to launch imminova, an AI-powered immigration advisory designed to automate the operational side of UK inbound corporate immigration.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about:🔹 Nisan’s early life and immigration journey, being born in Turkey and living across Europe🔹 Nisan’s education and work experience in private practice as well as government🔹 What led Nisan to eventually leave her stable job to build and launch Imminova🔹 How Imminova works today, what type of clients they help, AI in UK immigration, and more!So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!----Check out Imminova here: https://www.imminova.com/Follow Nisan on LinkedIn here:   / nisan-yesildaglar-ba2448a8  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 148 of the GMI Rocket show, we’re speaking with Benjamin Oghene, CEO of The Cozm, an AI global mobility platform build for employers and immigration firms!(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, 8am™ DocketWise! With a recent company rebrand to 8am, 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 👈)(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s second 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 👈)Benjamin was born in Sweden to Nigerian parents and grew up across Sweden, Nigeria, and the UK. Drawn to technology, he studied computer science and had a career at 3 of the “Big 4,” where he eventually worked in global mobility and workforce planning while also traveling extensively around the world. He saw firsthand how repetitive and manual many global mobility processes still wereDuring his years in corporate, Benjamin had an experience that would shape him forever:he was wrongfully arrested in London because he matched a written description. He was held in a jail cell for almost 24 hours, and while there he started to reflect on the systems, biases, and the ways institutions impact peoples’ lives. Maybe he couldn’t change policing, but he COULD change the industry he knew - mobility - using his skills in AI and technology.Those experiences ultimately led him to launch The Cozm, an AI-powered platform helping global mobility teams automate repetitive work to focus more on strategy, talent, and human impact.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about:🔹 Benjamin’s family’s immigration journey and early life across Sweden, Nigeria and the UK🔹 How Benjamin got into technology and his long career within the Big 4 building global products🔹 How Benjamin’s wrongful arrest and his work experience inspired him to launch The Cozm🔹 What The Cozm does today, who his clients are, where the company is going and thoughts on AISo please join us, ask questions and leave comments!----Check out The Cozm here: https://thecozm.com/Follow Benjamin on LinkedIn here:   / benjaminoghene  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 147 of the GMI Rocket show, I’m excited to have Irina Rostova, former immigration lawyer and now CEO of EB-5 Support, which helps lawyers launch and grow EB-5 practices and provides other EB-5 resources and support!(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, 8am™ DocketWise! With a recent company rebrand to 8am, 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 👈)(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s second 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 👈)Irina was born in the Soviet Union and as a child, she watched her parents pursue immigration opportunities in the United States, Germany, and Australia. Years after initially applying, her family unexpectedly received notice for a US immigration interview in Moscow and ultimately immigrated as green card holders through a now-defunct immigration program.That experience shaped Irina’s entire career - she became an immigration lawyer, and eventually focused her practice explicitly on EB-5 visas and the broader world of investment-based immigration strategy and compliance. Irina even FOIA’d her family’s own immigration file to learn more about it!Eventually, Irina left the practice and launched EB-5 Support, which helps immigration attorneys, regional centers, developers, and investors navigate the complexities of the EB-5 industry through direct support, webinars, events, and more.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about:🔹 Irina’s early life in the Soviet Union and her experience moving to the US.🔹 How Irina’s immigration experience shaped her career path, and how she landed on EB-5.🔹 Irina’s experience becoming a FINRA rep, and why she eventually launched EB-5 Support.🔹 What EB-5 Support does today, who they help, thoughts on the future of investor visas, and more!So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!----Check out EB-5 Support here: https://eb-5support.com/Follow Irina on LinkedIn here:   / irinarostova  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 146 of the GMI Rocket show, our guest is Simon Iyamu Perisanidis, co-founder of Permitree, an AI immigration platform helping companies and professionals get work visas in Switzerland, broader Europe, and North America.(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, 8am™ DocketWise! With a recent company rebrand to 8am, 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 👈)(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s second 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 👈)Simon was born in Greece. As he described it, growing up as a Black Greek was an experience that shaped his early curiosity around equal opportunities and social impact. Naturally drawn to building and problem-solving, he pursued computer science in Greece, and then moved to Switzerland to get a MS in Data Science from ETH, Zurich.During his time studying at ETH, his flatmate, who was a brilliant engineer but was from Tunisia, struggled to secure a work visa. Watching someone so capable face uncertainty and stress because of their nationality inspired Simon to tackle immigration. And so Permitree was born, which started as an AI immigration service for in-bound Switzerland work visas, but has since expanded globally.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about:🔹 Simon’s early life in Greece, studies, and moving to Switzerland for his Master’s🔹 Simon’s work as an engineer and his first startup, aimed at hiring biases 🔹 How Simon’s roommate inspired him to look at immigration, and how Permitree was born🔹 What Permitree does today, how they are expanding, thoughts about immigration AI, and more!So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!----Check out Permitree here: https://www.permitree.com/Follow Simon on LinkedIn here:   / simonperisanidis  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 145 of the GMI Rocket show, our guest is Priyanka Kulkarni, an EB-1 and founder of Casium, an AI-driven, business immigration company for startups, founders, and employers.(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, 8am™ DocketWise! With a recent company rebrand to 8am, 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 👈)(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s second 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 👈)Priyanka grew up in Mumbai, initially set on becoming a lawyer before realizing the realities of the legal profession in India pushed her in a different direction. Naturally drawn to math, science, and building, she pivoted to computer science and, after graduating Bachelors of Engineer, joined Microsoft in India, working on machine learning problems like fraud detection and search relevance.She later moved to the U.S. on an L-1 visa, continued advancing her work in AI, and earned two master’s degrees (from the University of Washington and another from Johns Hopkins) while working full-time and navigating the complexities of the U.S. immigration system herself.But when she wanted to start a company through an AI incubator, she realized her visa limited her ability to do so. After pursuing her EB-1, she saw how complex and opaque immigration was, which led to the idea for Casium—an AI-powered immigration platform for individuals and companies.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about: 🔹 Priyanka’s immigration early life, studies, and immigrating to the US🔹 Priyanka’s work at Microsoft while getting two Master’s degrees in CS and applied math🔹 How Priyanka’s visa initially stopped her from launching a startup and led to creating Casium🔹 How Casium works today, what clients it helps, thoughts on the future of immigration, and more!So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!

🎙 On episode 144 of the GMI Rocket show, our guest is my friend Nhu Y Le, founder of Optima LegalOps Consulting, which helps immigration firms and startups with operations and growth!(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, 8am™ DocketWise! With a recent company rebrand to 8am, 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 👈)(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s second 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 👈)Y, originally from Vietnam, immigrated to the US as a small girl with her family. She grew up in an immigrant household and eventually attended law school in Boston. Upon graduating in 2013, Y and I actually started our first jobs at the same law firm in the Arlington, Virginia area!From there, Y went on to have an incredibly unique and illustrious career, moving to Fragomen, where she experienced working at a large immigration law firm, to Microsoft, where she worked in one of the largest in-house immigration teams, to a VC-backed immigration tech startup and finally to an EB-3 employee sponsor consulting service, where she stepped into a chief operations officer role.After spending a handful of years working as a COO, Y realized that immigration law firms and up-and-coming tech companies would greatly benefit from her knowledge and experience. So she ended up leaving her full-time job and launching Optima.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about: 🔹 Y’s immigration story, early life, path through law school and getting into immigration law🔹 What it was like for Y to have so many unique jobs in immigration and what she’s learned🔹 How Y knew that her experience could turn into a business, and how she launched Optima🔹 What Optima LegalOps Consulting does today, how she helps clients, and what the future holdsSo please join us, ask questions and leave comments!----Check out Optima LegalOps Consulting here: https://www.optimalegalops.com/Follow Y on LinkedIn here:   / nhuyle  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 143 of the GMI Rocket show, I’m speaking with an immigrant-turned-immigration tech founder, Sampei Omichi, Founder and CEO of Ellis, a modern, tech-first immigration law firm.(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, 8am™ DocketWise! With a recent company rebrand to 8am, 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 👈)(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s second 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 👈)Sampei came to the U.S. from Vietnam on an F‑1 visa to study at Babson College, where he focused on entrepreneurship. After graduation, he wasn’t approved for OPT, so he pursued his own O‑1 visa as a founder—an experience that opened his eyes to just how hard the immigration process can be, especially for global talent trying to stay and build in the U.S.He had spent over two years helping grow a crypto startup as one of its earliest employees, but when they couldn’t sponsor his H‑1B, he had to find his own way forward. That journey sparked the idea for Ellis.What began as a platform to help immigrants manage their journeys eventually evolved into a tech-first immigration law firm, one designed from the ground up by someone who lived the process and believed it could be done better.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about: 🔹 Sampei’s early life in Vietnam and Japan, and growing up attending an American school.🔹 Sapmei’s move to the US to attend Babson College and his experience as an F-1 OPT student.🔹 How Sampei went from losing the H-1B lottery to getting his O-1 to start Ellis.🔹 What Ellis does today, what separates it from other immigration firms, and where it’s going.So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!----Check out the Ellis here: https://www.ellis.comFollow Sampei on LinkedIn here:   / sampeiomichi  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 142 of the GMI Rocket show, I’m speaking with a friend and immigration-focused recruiter, Joseph (Joey) McKeown, Founder of ImmigrationJobs!(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, 8am™ DocketWise! With a recent company rebrand to 8am, 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 👈)(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s second 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 👈)Joey spent nearly two decades working in immigration law firms — first as a paralegal, then a legal writer, and later transitioning into HR and operations. Over this period, Joey developed a deep understanding of what both law firms and immigration professionals need in the hiring process.Joey eventually moved to Spain with his family, and after a small break from a long career, started exploring an idea he’d long considered: building a recruitment solution tailored specifically to immigration law.It began as a job board, but quickly evolved as Joey spoke with attorneys and managing partners about their real hiring challenges. Rather than a simple job board, immigration law firms needed high‑touch recruitment services to truly find and vet top talent, whether attorneys, paralegals, or support staff. And that’s how ImmigrationJobs was born.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about: 🔹 Joey’s early life, education and his career across multiple immigration law firms🔹 Joey’s relocation to Spain and how that move set off his entrepreneurial journey 🔹 The early days of ImmigrationJobs and Joey’s pivot from a job board to services🔹 What ImmigrationJobs does today, who it helps, and thoughts on the future of the practiceSo please join us, ask questions and leave comments!----Check out the ImmigrationJobs here: https://immigrationjobs.io/Follow Joey on LinkedIn here:   / joseph-mckeown  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 141 of the GMI Rocket show, I’m speaking with Olu'yomi Ojo, an EB-1 recipient, serial entrepreneur, and founder and Agora, a legal tech platform helping with O-1, EB-1A, and EB2-NIWs(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, 8am™ DocketWise! With a recent company rebrand to 8am, 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 👈)(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s second 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 👈)Olu’yomi Ojo is a Nigerian-born entrepreneur whose journey began with a student visa to the U.S., but whose resourcefulness was shaped much earlier — watching his single mother raise five kids with relentless creativity.He launched his first design company while still in college, and after recognizing how hard it was to get quality print work done, pivoted to create Printivo, Nigeria’s first online printing company. Printivo grew from a three-person team in a garage to a VC-backed company with over 50 employees.After stepping down as CEO in 2020, Oluyomi moved to the U.S. on an EB-1 visa and immediately felt the friction in the immigration process: endless emails, no structure, and no clarity. When friends and founders started reaching out with the same frustrations around O-1 and EB-1 visas, he realized the problem wasn’t just personal, it was systemic. That insight led to Agora.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about: 🔹 Olu'yomi’s early life in Nigeria, education and launching his first entrepreneurial endeavors🔹 Oluyomi’s decision to step away and experience moving to America on an EB-1 🔹 How that experience ultimately led to him launching Agora🔹 What Agora does today, who it helps, and thoughts on the future of immigration techSo please join us, ask questions and leave comments!

----Check out the Agora here: https://agoravisa.com/Follow Olu'yomi on LinkedIn here:   / oluyomiojo  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/