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.   In this episode you will hear: The I-9 form...

http://USImmigrationPodcast.com/15   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...

In this episode we talk to Immigration Attorney Teri Simmons about the E-2 Visa requirements, some pitfalls, and insightful best practices   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...

Show Notes: http://usimmigrationpodcast.com/13 Leave us an honest review: http://usimmigrationpodcast.com/iTunes   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.   In this episode you will hear: The increasing number of...

http://USImmigrationPodcast.com/12   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...

http://usimmigrationpodcast.com/11 http://usimmigrationpodcast.com/INA-CFR-app 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...

http://USImmigrationPodcast.com/10 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...

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. http://USImmigrationPodcast.com/9   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 His initial impressions of his original attorney What drove him to...

http://usimmigrationpodcast.com/8   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...

http://usimmigrationpodcast.com/7   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   http://usimmigrationpodcast.com/7

http://usimmigrationpodcast.com/6   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...

http://USImmigrationPodcast.com/5   In this episode we talk to Phillip Yadidian on Immigration Case Management with eImmigration

http://usimmigrationpodcast.com/4   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...

http://USImmigrationPodcast.com/3   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:   How a $40k start up investment was approved for an E-2 visa How she selected her immigration attorney (out of 6) Immigration concerns: Complexity & Scary The importance of immigration representation that “believes in you and your story” Her Business plan...

http://USImmigrationPodcast.com/2  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...

In this episode we talk to Scott Lifer about making direct investments in the US through EB-5