US Immigration Podcast

Danny Kalman of LanguageBird discusses his experaince inlearning launges, what to do (and what not to do) and private spanish coaching for immigration attorneys

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Limited Time Offer: Danny is offering 25% of a monthly subscription of langage bird for those that contact him through the show notes page.

*News Flash*

I'll be at the American Immigration Lawyers Association annual conference in DC in two weeks. More info below!

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In today's episode we talk to Mercer Cauley of North Carolina about the expansion to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

More info, show notes, and a way to contact Mercer to recive the offer mentioned on the podcast can be found at the link below.

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In this special bonus episode, I describe how Immigration Leaders can leverage the power of their voice to build their community

Since relaunching the show last week, and launching an open call to action for Leaders within the Immigration community to come on this show and our upcoming video panels, I have received a lot of questions that boil down to two categories.

Why would I want to do this? How do I go about doing this?

I actually covered both of these, a much more, in an article I wrote for the EB-5 Investors Magazine. So I re-purposed that article, threw in some updates and bring it to you here.

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Resources:

Our new website

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Join our core group of Immigration Leaders sharing great advise through written articles, audio interviews and video panel discussions

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In this episode we talk to immigration attorney Russell Ford on immigration issues with higher education staff and educators as well as the different challenges for administrators and professors.

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Michael Cataliotti is a transactional attorney practicing primarily in the areas of business immigration, entertainment transactions, and corporate governance for U.S. start-ups or expansions. Michael advises clients from such industries as food & beverage, music, fashion, film, television, technology, and digital media, as well as countries across the globe. He represents musicians, artists, photographers, authors, directors, producers, screenwriters, and celebrity talent in a wide-array of immigration matters, and both corporate and entertainment transactions involving start-up and established companies related to their respective industries.

In this episode you will hear:

Michael's parting thoughts:

For any beneficiaries,

       "Never give up hope. Always realize that there are options available in every scenario, it might not be the most ideal but there are solutions to every problem and we're here to figure them out with you."

Michael specializes in:

For a limited time, Michael is offering a free, 30 minute initial consultation for anyone seeking his firm's immigration services.  To take advantage of this offer, please contact him via our show notes page.

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Immigration attorney Layli Eskandari shares the recent Immigration Action Plan Announcement from President Obama

Show Notes:

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Reach out to Layli Eskandari and her Immigration team 

email:  Layli@LEImmigration.com

website:  http://LEImmigration.com 

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In this episode we talk to immigration attorney Ugo Nwadike about the special immigration considerations for internet entrepreneurs.  Elements that make online businesses attractive also pose additional immigration complexities.

Ugo Nwadike of Amin & Nwadike, PLLC in Miami, Florida. His firm focuses on immigration with a particular leaning towards the Startup Community and Young Entrepreneurs. He is a Miami native having received his bachelor's degree in Computer Science at the University of Miami and his law degree from St. Thomas University. Ugo has been practicing law for nearly 6 years practicing Real Estate and Commercial Litigation, but he is brand new to the immigration arena. As a newcomer, he's excited to conquer the challenges ahead and is open to learning from seasoned practitioners that have overcome those same challenges.

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In this episode we talk to immigration attorney Jacob Sapochnick about marketing an immigration law firm through social media and the impact of immigration on entrepreneurship

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Josh Brown is a practicing franchise attorney who has built a legal practice around helping entrepreneurs build businesses that scale and grow.  He loves helping entrepreneurs, business owners, franchisees and franchisors build profitable businesses that reflect the owners vision and provides value to customers.  He speaks, blogs, write articles, and is the creator and host of Franchise Euphoria, a top-rated podcast on iTunes.  He have been recognized as a rising star in the Indiana legal community on two separate occasions, and most recently, a Franchise Legal Eagle by The Franchise Times.

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Jason Feldman is an immigration attorney at Feldman Feldman & Associates. He concentrates his practice in helping foreign nationals obtain permanent residency and nonimmigrant visas through business investments or employment. Jason is also a World champion Bridge player and has represented the United States in international competitions on numerous occasions. When not playing bridge or practicing immigration law, Jason loves to travel, surf, ski, and spend time with his wife and daughter.

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Heather is an experienced U.S. immigration attorney with 14 years of exclusively immigration law work, representing executives, professionals, individuals and families all over the world. She is frequent lecturer and trainer on immigration issues to national and regional bar associations, non-profit agencies, and private legal education providers. She is a published national author and attorney trainer on complex family and marriage-based immigration issues, holds a national liaison position for American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and is current Chair of the American Immigration Lawyers Association Southern California Chapter… which is the 3rd largest group of immigration attorneys in the US.

Michael answers this listener submitted question:  "(what) advice for us as lawyers in helping clients choose among the many EB-5 Regional Centers out there.”

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In this episode we talk to business attorney Natasha Bell about Special Immigration Concerns for Private Placement Memorandums

Natasha is a graduate of Emory University and Duke University School of Law, Natasha is a partner of 360 Venture Law (Shmalo Turner), LLP, a specialized corporate law firm working with emerging growth companies, along with start-up and fast-growing entrepreneurial companies and their investors.  Before joining 360 Venture Law, Natasha was the founding member of The Bell Firm, LLC and an attorney with Morris, Manning, and Martin.  Prior to her legal career, Natasha was on the staff of a local government official.

In this episode you will hear:

Regulation D: Domestic offer

Regulation S: International offer

Regulation C: Advertisement of offerings

Rebecca also shares with us:

For a limited time, Natasha is offering a free, 30 minute initial consultation.  To take advantage of this offer, please contact her through the form below.

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CZA Inc., a Global Business Development Consulting firm headquartered in Winter Park, Florida, specialized in assisting foreign companies interested in entering the USA market. Also helps Florida companies export their products and services globally. She is a Certified Export Trade Specialist, a graduate of Leadership Orlando Class 60. She received her Executive MBA Certificate a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Affairs from Rollins College. She travels abroad promoting her services, resulting on current projects in different industries such as software development, life sciences, aviation, and simulation.

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Ryan Barshop, Esq., is a American national educated at Suffolk University (B.S. American History, Cum Laude) and Thomas M. Cooley Law School (Juris Doctor, Cum Laude). Originally from New York City, Ryan first arrived in the Philippines in 2003 as a United States Peace Corps Volunteer working with underprivileged youth through the Philippine Department of Social Welfare and Development in Tarlac City, Tarlac. After successfully completing Peace Corps, Ryan moved to Hong Kong where he spent two years working in education before entering law school. While in law school, Ryan was the receipt of several academic awards, served as an associate editor of law journal, and externed at the Superior Court of Guam where he drafted numerous Decisions and Orders for the court.

A member of the New York State Bar and the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Ryan is licensed to practice immigration law throughout the United States and federal territories. He serves as a U.S. Immigration and Consular Practice/ Direct Consular Processing Lawyer providing in-depth U.S. immigration services and consular processing advice to clients in the Philippines and abroad. He is well-versed and highly knowledgeable in the complex system that composes U.S. immigration law and consular processing at the US Embassy in Manila.

Ryan also shares with us:

Host Mark Deal talks about the first two months of the podcast and new changes

No show notes today, but I'll use the time to make a long needed update to our About Page.

After 15 years in the restaurant business and 5 years doing outside sales for a light industrial temporary business, Rebecca realized she was destined to become an immigration attorney. With her MBA and business experience, she started working on business immigration cases and have since represented clients on family as well as business issues in front of the immigration service, prepared asylum cases and represented clients in deporation court.

Here are the government forms mentioned on this show.

Rebecca also shares with us:

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Guillermo Wasserman: International Business Practice Opportunities, Best Practices and Legal Challenges.

Guillermo is a seasoned international lawyer, fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese, trained in both civil and common law legal systems, with significant experience in international business transactions, particularly with respect to Latin American markets.  He regularly assists his clients to bridge business, legal and cultural gaps in international business transactions involving a wide-range of industries and business sectors in the U.S., Latin America and beyond. He is admitted to practice law in Georgia, USA and Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Teri Simmons is a partner at Arnall Golden Gregory in Atlanta, Georgia, where she has practiced for over 23 years. She currently directs the International and Immigration Practice Group and also serves as Co-Chair of the German Business Practice. She has represented companies as large as the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, for which she managed visa processing for thousands, as well as middle-sized companies and individual foreign national Investors.

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Adel has twenty years of sales, managing, marketing, and real estate teaching experience in the USA and the Middle East markets.  He is a Real Estate Investment Specialist with unsurpassed level of marketplace knowledge in our local Atlanta Market.  He is also been part of six EB-5 Investment Projects in Georgia.

We touched on the payback of EB-5 investors, but not how.  

Here is a popular article I wrote last year on 10 Payback Strategies for EB-5 Investors

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Joseph Rosen is the managing attorney for Joseph H. Rosen, Immigration Law Group.  Mr. Rosen began practicing Immigration Law in June 2011 after retiring from the US Government where he spent 20 years as a Special Agent for the FBI and US Customs.  His law enforcement career includes 10 years of working on or near the US / Mexico border.  He teaches and immigration law class and is a Clinical Director at the JMLS Immigration Clinic located at Catholic Charities   Atlanta.

In this episode you will hear:

Joe also shares with us:

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Josh AdamsIn this episode we talk to Immigration Attorney Josh Adams about the Immigration iOS app he developed for INA, CFR, Practice Manuals and more. 

 Josh grew up in New England. At age 9, he began creating computer software.  During Josh's undergraduate studies at Dartmouth College, he studied computer science but majored in anthropology.  After college, Josh worked as a software engineer for five years and through a series of leveraged opportunities and continuous development, he later became an immigration attorney.  Based on his experience as both an immigration lawyer and software developer, Josh created an iPhone/iPad app for specifically immigration lawyers.

In this episode you will hear:

Resources discussed on this episode: 

Josh also shares with us:

For a limited time, Josh has reduced the price of his app to less than half, you can download here

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Mona ShahIn this episode we talk to Immigration Attorney Mona Shah on the difference between Regional Center and Direct investments with regard to the actual EB-5 immigration petition

Mona is the managing partner of Mona Shah and Associates located on Broadway in New York City.  She has over 19 years of legal experience, with more than 15 years concentrated in U.S. immigration and litigation. Mona has hands-on experience setting up, working with and establishing EB-5 Regional Centers nationwide, as well as an impressive track record of many years handling complex immigration matters, including private non-regional center investor cases.

In this episode you will hear:

Mona also shares with us:

For a limited time, Mona is offering a free, 30 minute consultation for anyone seeking her firm's immigration services.  To take advantage of this offer, please contact her throughour website

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In this episode we talk to Michael Im on what it is like to work on his own E-2 visa renewal without an immigration attorney.

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Michael Im is Korean National and multiple business owner in the United States. He has worked successful with an immigration attorney in the past, but this time has decided to do it all himself.   In this episode you will hear:

His personal immigration story

Here is a link to download a free checklist to strengthen your E-2 Visa petition with a business plan cover letter written specially to address USCIS’s E-2 concerns.

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John GezeliusIn this episode we talk to Immigration Attorney John Gezelius onProving the Source of EB-5 Funds

John Gezelius is an attorney in the Los Angeles suburb of Tustin, California. He is a 1978 graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and attended law school at the McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, California, where he received both a Juris Doctor degree and then later a Master of Law in transnational business and law. He has a transactional practice and his focus is on investment related immigration.

 In this episode you will hear:

John also shares with us:

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In this episode we talk to Economist Ismael Fernandez, PhD on EB-5 Targeted Employment Area (TEA) Designations using Geographical Alignment of Tract Employment Statistics (GATES) Analysis

For a limited time, Ismael is offering a free Targeted Employment Area feasibility study.  To take advantage of this offer, please contact him through his show notes page below

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In this episode we talk to Immigration Attorney Layli Eskandari on H-1B visas and the challenge of proving Remote Workers are not from staffing Agencies

Layli Eskandari is a founding partner of the Atlanta law firm Levine & Eskandar. Layli’s practice concentrates on business immigration, including temporary employment visas and permanent residence for professionals, international transfers, investors, researchers, and nurses.  She has served on the Executive Committee of the Georgia-Alabama Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and has been a Super Lawyers since 2012

In this episode you will hear:

The requirements of the H-1B visa

Family impact of the H-1B process

The changeling with proving a nurse needs a degree (and therefor an H-1B)

Why Staffing Agencies can not apply for H-1B worker Visas

The changeling with proving a remote worker is not a form of ‘Staffed Agent’

Layli also shares with us:

Her 13 year Journey in Immigration law and her experiences at a large firm differ from opening her own law.

Business Advice: Treat clients well, the repeat business and referrals will follow

His personal habits that attributes to his success: Her proficient use of an Immigration database and case management system

Parting Thoughts: Immigration is about people

For a limited time, Layli is offering a free, 30 minute consultation for anyone seeking her firm’s immigration services.  To take advantage of this offer, please contact her throughour website.

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In this episode we talk to Immigration Attorney Karol Brown on L-1B visas and supporting the Specialized Knowledge Experts of Multinational Businesses. 

Karol Brown is the Managing Partner of Karol Brown, Attorneys at Law based in Seattle Washington and has been practicing businesses and family immigration law for 14 years. She holds a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from Harvard University and a law degree from Yale. She has taught Immigration Law at the University of Washington and has founded the Center for Human Rights and Justice at the both the University of Washington and Seattle University law schools.

In this episode you will hear:

The requirements of the L-1B visa

How this visa type compares to L-1A, H-1B and O-1 Visas

The 3 important factors of the L-1B and how to support them in the petition

Microsoft's strategy to leverage the blanket L-1B process by opening a center in Canada

How another company had challenges proving the L-1B visas for two engineers (even after the L-1A executive was working in the US) 

Immigration Reform... Immigration reform, immigration reform. Contact your congressman to tell them you want it too

Karol shares with us:

Her firm does L-1Bs... but also so much more (business, employment and family immigration law)

Business Advice: Follow your heart (then work will not seem like work)

His personal habits that attributes to his success: Treat people how you want to be treated

Parting Thoughts: Immigration can be 'ridiculously' complicated.  Seek an immigration attorney 

For a limited time, Karol is offering a free, 30 minute consultation for anyone seeking her firm's immigration services.  To take advantage of this offer, please contact her through our show notes page.

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In this episode we talk to “Caroline” about her bootstrapped E-2, Immigration Attorney selection and the importance of a business plan.

On this episode we have “Caroline” as she discusses:

I usually asks our guests to offer our audience a discount on their product or services.  Since “Caroline” wishes to remain anonymous and we did touch on business plans for E-2 visas, I want to link to Foreign Investor Resource Group‘s free resources.

A full sample business plan written for immigration visas

http://www.ForeignIRG.com/Sample

E-2 visa petition business plan cover letter with checklist

http://www.ForeignIRG.com/e2checklist

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Roy J. Watson, Jr. is a graduate of Brandies University (B.A. Economics), Boston College School of Law (J.D.), and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government (M.P.A). Roy has been assisting businesses and individuals solve complex business immigration questions for almost 40 years. He focuses on employment-based non-immigrant and immigrant visa petitions for companies of all sizes, including hospitals, high tech / bio tech, architects, CPAs and Attorneys. Roy is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Boston Bar Association, and the American Bar Association.

In this episode you will hear:

Roy shares with us: