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Saiman Shetty, CEO, Smart Green Card: EB-1A, O-1 & NIW classes and support

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

🎙 On episode 131 of the GMI Rocket show I’m really excited to talk with Saiman Shetty, serial entrepreneur and CEO and founder of Smart Green Card!(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, 8am™ DocketWise! With a recent company rebrand to 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 👈)Saiman, Originally from India, immigrated to the US to attend graduate university, ultimately graduating with a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering. Saiman eventually landed a coveted job at Tesla, and then Lyft, as an engineer, working on his F-1 student visa.As most F-1 visa holders working on OPT, Saiman started applying for his H-1B visa. Year after year he wasn’t selected in the lottery, and while he was preparing to submit an O-1 visa petition he learned about the EB-1A. He applied, was approved, and after a journey with retrogression, got his green card.Along the way, friends of his started asking him about his EB-1A journey. What started as a way to help those around him go down their own EB-1A path turned into a business, Smart Green Card, a company that provides education, courses and resources for skilled immigrants pursuing in the US.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about:🔹 Saiman’s early life, growing up and school in India, and his journey to the US as a student.🔹 Saiman’s experience working on his F-1 OPT, applying for H-1B, and ultimately getting an EB-1A.🔹 How getting a green card freed up Saiman’s life which led to starting Smart Green Card.🔹 What Smart Green Card does today and Saiman’s vision for the company going forward.And more!So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!#immigration #immigrationlaw #relocation #globalmobility #legaltech----Check out Smart Green Card here: https://smartgreencard.com/Follow Saiman on LinkedIn here:   / saimanshetty  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 131 of the GMI Rocket show I’m really excited to talk with Saiman Shetty, serial entrepreneur and CEO and founder of Smart Green Card!(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, 8am™ DocketWise! With a recent company rebrand to 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 👈)Saiman, Originally from India, immigrated to the US to attend graduate university, ultimately graduating with a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering. Saiman eventually landed a coveted job at Tesla, and then Lyft, as an engineer, working on his F-1 student visa.As most F-1 visa holders working on OPT, Saiman started applying for his H-1B visa. Year after year he wasn’t selected in the lottery, and while he was preparing to submit an O-1 visa petition he learned about the EB-1A. He applied, was approved, and after a journey with retrogression, got his green card.Along the way, friends of his started asking him about his EB-1A journey. What started as a way to help those around him go down their own EB-1A path turned into a business, Smart Green Card, a company that provides education, courses and resources for skilled immigrants pursuing in the US.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about:🔹 Saiman’s early life, growing up and school in India, and his journey to the US as a student.🔹 Saiman’s experience working on his F-1 OPT, applying for H-1B, and ultimately getting an EB-1A.🔹 How getting a green card freed up Saiman’s life which led to starting Smart Green Card.🔹 What Smart Green Card does today and Saiman’s vision for the company going forward.And more!So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!#immigration #immigrationlaw #relocation #globalmobility #legaltech----Check out Smart Green Card here: https://smartgreencard.com/Follow Saiman on LinkedIn here:   / saimanshetty  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/

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