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

We are heading to Italy for episode 70 to chat with Davide Lionetti, co-founder of Visafy! What I really love about Davide’s story, and indeed the story of Visafy, is that it’s a family business. Visafy is co-founded by Davide and his father Angelo Lionetti, and it’s the tech-savvy version of a business that Davide’s father, Angelo, has been running for years, helping individuals coming to Italy w...

On episode 69 we have Danish Soomro, Founder and CEO of Visadb.io. - a platform that connects digital nomads and companies with visa and other experts around the world. Pulled directly from the company’s website, “Visadb.io makes immigration & cross-border business simple for global companies and citizens.” Visadb.io offers online access to verified immigration, tax and company formation exper...

We’re back with episode 68 of the GMI Rocket Show with Manpreet Dhami, Managing Director of Immigration Services at Newland Chase, who also oversees their immigration technology product, ImmiSMART. Manpreet started her career in the immigration space nearly two decades ago at a corporate immigration company called Emigra (which was actually acquired by CIBT in 2021). She then went on to work at a...

On episode 67 of the GMI Rocket Show, we’re talking to Priyank Singh, co-founder of Stilt, a FinTech startup that provides loans and banking services to immigrants and other underbanked communities. Priyank first came to the US as an F-1 student in 2009 to study computer science at Columbia University. After graduating, he found a job and obtained his H-1B visa. The process wasn’t easy, and most o...

On episode 66 of the GMI Rocket Show, we’re talking to our first-ever VC guest: Manan Mehta, Founding Partner of Unshackled Ventures, a VC firm that invests in immigrant founders! What’s special about Unshackled Ventures is their commitment to directly supporting immigrant startup founders: “Unshackled Ventures sponsors visas and provides full immigration support. We accelerate your immigration jo...

On Episode 65 of the GMI Rocket show we’re diving into insurance for expats, digital nomads and others living and working around the world with Andrew Jernigan, CEO of Insured Nomads. Insured Nomads is a tech-enabled insurance company that offers travel insurance, global health insurance and other perks like airport lounge access, tele-health and more. As for Andrew, he’s had a colorful career spa...

On episode 64 of the GMI Rocket show, we’re exploring how technology can support international students and higher ed institutions with Nitin Agrawal, Co-Founder & CEO of Interstride! Interstride is a platform that helps international students through their journey, with everything from immigration to networking to finding a job to connecting with other students. Who uses Interstride? Both int...

For episode 63 of the GMI Rocket show, we’re back in the US and speaking to seasoned immigration lawyer and immigration tech entrepreneur Jon Velie, CEO of OnlineVisas. Jon has been practicing immigration law for almost 30 years, but he’s also a tech innovator. Having incorporated technology into his law firm practice, Jon eventually launched OnlineVisas, “an ancillary law-related services company...

We’re crossing the Atlantic to Europe for episode 62 of the GMI Rocket show to speak to immigration lawyer-turned-entrepreneur David Cantor, Founder & CEO of Relocate. Relocate bills itself as “the first independent marketplace for Global Migration” and here’s how it works: Relocate has a roster of immigration experts from countries around the world, they create informative, country-specific c...

On episode 61 of the GMI Rocket show, we’re exploring tech within the Relocation Management space by diving into the technology behind Aires with Anand Diraviyam, Director of Product Strategy and Management and Aires. Instead of trying to paraphrase the company’s history, here’s what the Aires website says: “We opened our doors in 1981 as a freight-forwarding company. As we expanded, our founder,...

For episode 60 of the GMI Rocket show, we’re diving into an immigration tech company that helps applicants fill out and submit immigration applications, CitizenPath, with our guest, CEO & Co-founder, Russ Leimer. Russ is actually a serial entrepreneur with a background in sales and marketing. After spending almost a decade in sales and marketing within the electronics and hardware space, first...

After a short break, we’re back in action with episode 59 of the GMI Rocket show! Our guest today is joining us from Ireland: Liam Brennan, CEO of Tracker Software Technologies, a business travel compliance company. (I’m going to use the name “Tracker” for short, but don’t confuse it with US-based immigration tech company Tracker Corp, which was recently acquired by Mitratech.) Liam started out in...

For episode 58 of the GMI Rocket show, we’re speaking with an immigration tech founder who is focusing on the needs of immigration practitioners in Latin America - Faith McClure, founder of Enmigri LLC. Enmigri builds apps for immigration lawyers in Latin America to help them serve their clients, which is super exciting because we haven’t really focused on immigration practitioners in Latin Americ...

For episode 57 of the GMI Rocket show, we’re heading North of the border to Canada, to speak with Keli Propp, co-founder at product manager at Immigrate Software. Immigrate combines a team of RCICs (Canadian immigration consultants) with an online platform that makes Canadian immigration quick and easy. The company was actually started by a husband-and-wife duo, Dirk Propp and Keli Propp. Dirk bri...

Episode 56 of the GMI Rocket show is the first time that we’ll be speaking to TWO co-founders at once! Our guests are Jonathan Petts and Ben Jackson, co-founders of immigrationhelp.org! Immigrationhelp.org is a nonprofit that helps DACA applicants file their DACA applications for free, online. It’s already changed the lives of many people and continues to do so on a daily basis. As for Jonathan an...

Our guest for episode 55 of the GMI Rocket show is Chris Kline, a seasoned global mobility professional-turned-entrepreneur, and the founder of Mobility Empowered, an online marketplace for employee-sponsored relocation services.  Mobility Empowered connects companies, transferees, and relocation suppliers via a web-based platform with the goal of making relocation easier and more streamlined...

On episode 54 of the GMI Rocket show, our guest is an inspiring immigration tech startup founder building the future of immigration in Sweden: Anali Guzman Molina, Co-founder & CEO of Emigreat.  EmiGreat’s mission is to make migration to Sweden easier. Its aim is to close the information gap around the immigration process, enabling individuals to move more easily, and help companies hire...

On episode 53 of the GMI Rocket show, we have one of the most electrifying and inspiring entrepreneurs in the immigration space: Dionnie Wynter Pfunde, immigration attorney and founder of Wynter Immigration Law Academy! As an immigration lawyer, Dionnie has been practicing for over two decades. She pulls from her own immigration journey, moving to the US from Jamaica to meet her mom, with $20 in h...

Episode 52 of the GMI Rocket show is a really special one: it’s the first time we’re speaking to a former DACA recipient. Our guest this week is Yesica Sierra, immigration paralegal and founder of Tila Case Prep! In short, Tila Case Prep helps immigration lawyers prepare cases. Tila has two sides to it:  1️) It’s a team of experienced immigration paralegals that helps immigration lawyers hand...

For episode 51 of the GMI Rocket show, we’re heading all the way to Australia to talk to immigration lawyer and RegTech startup CEO Jackson Taylor, CEO and co-founder of Complize and Partner at Hammond Taylor.  Complize is a cloud-based SaaS platform that helps companies and organizations manage their immigration compliance. As the CEO and co-founder of an immigration compliance tech startup...

Hard to believe we’re at episode 50 of the GMI Rocket show!!  Today’s guest is John Dorer, founder of Immigration Office Solutions, a behind-the-scenes 20+ year immigration industry veteran! John has not only supported immigration law firms for the past two decades, he’s built his own immigration tech platform too.  His company, Immigration Office Solutions (https://immigrationofficesolu...

On episode 49 of the GMI Rocket show, we’re speaking to Raj Singh, Co-founder and CEO of WayLit, a more recent player on the immigration tech startup scene that’s working to improve immigration for employers and employees. WayLit’s platform is built around serving companies, helping them manage their immigration programs while also providing legal services through a network of immigration attorney...

For episode 48 of the GMI Rocket show, our guest is an immigration lawyer and industry leader who has been paving the way for immigration tech for decades: Greg Siskind, partner at Siskind Susser, immigration tech founder and influencer.  I actually met Greg at a HIAS event in DC when I just moved there for my first (and only😄) immigration lawyer job. Since then, I’ve watched Greg continue t...

On episode 47 of the GMI Rocket show, our guest is Nadine Heitz, who is not only an awesome immigration lawyer, she’s a serial entrepreneur and a go-to person for immigration lawyers who want to be more tech savvy.  When Nadine was studying for the California bar, she realized that there weren’t enough study guides for it... so she started BarIssues.com, an online subscription service that he...

For episode 46 of the GMI Rocket show, our guest is someone who has truly become a friend over the years: Ron Matten, an engineer-turned-tech-savvy immigration lawyer, and the founder of Matten Law!  Since meeting Ron about 3 years ago, we’ve spent countless hours discussing tech in immigration, speaking on panels together, and sharing drinks at past AILA events (can’t wait for them to be in...