Roman Zelichenko

On Friday, March 20, 2020, The US Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) finally put out guidance on how immigration practitioners and employers hiring foreign

[3/19 UPDATE]. The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) released their own Practice Alert entitled, "Fulfilling U.S. Department of Labor Notice Requirements During COVID-19 Outbreak" in which they state

Almost one year after the US Department of Labor (DOL) published a memo providing guidance on electronic Labor Condition Application (LCA) posting, there are still a lot of H-1B petitioners

Envoy Global, which launched way back in 1998 (originally called VISANOW, they rebranded in 2016), is paving the way in our sector. I made a really tough choice when I

Even after the conclusion of the SHRM Global Mobility and Immigration Symposium on October 6th, I remained buzzing with excitement. I took literally thirteen pages of notes during the various

I was still actively practicing immigration law when I first heard about Worldwide ERC’s annual conference. Being too junior to attend myself, I would watch the more senior attorneys

Early this year, a new bill was introduced to the Senate, the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019, or S.386. The most important thing to know is that

From the very beginning of my immigration tech startup journey, I’ve been trying to get in touch with the federal government. Specifically the US Department of Labor (DOL). Not

The 2019 AILA Annual Conference, which took place in Orlando, Florida this year, was a whirlwind of all things immigration. From informative panels on immigration law and policy to dozens

Thousands of immigration lawyers and professionals come to the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) annual conference each year. Some are new attorneys sent by their law firms to learn about

Each year, for just a few days, one lucky city becomes the largest gathering of immigration lawyers in the world. This year, that city was Orlando, Florida, and the gathering

Early this week I was having one of those exciting, inspiring conversations about immigration technology with a colleague from SHRM. We spoke about current events, recent VC funding rounds for

I came across a Harvard Business Review article the other day that struck me. It said, in a nutshell, that in order to successfully sell a truly innovative product, you

The title sounds like the beginning of a mediocre joke an old-timey lawyer might tell at a firm happy hour. But in fact, this is basically what happened for the

I was recently at an immigration law conference in Chicago. The conference was hosted by the American Immigration Lawyers Association, AILA for short and more commonly known as the “immigration

On Friday, March 15, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor published a memo about Labor Condition Application (LCA) posting. The memo isn’t very long, but for employers who

I was speaking with a sales manager at another immigration tech startup recently, sharing some of my sales theories and tactics. I went into detail around a simple yet paradoxical

In the past four years, there has been more growth, investment and exits in the immigration tech space than in the 20 before that. Yet there is very little coverage

On December 3, 2018, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a proposed rule that could change the way the H-1B cap lottery system will work. Check out

I knew selling immigration compliance software wouldn’t be easy. Even as an immigration lawyer with sales and tech experience I’d have to find my rhythm. I do my

It’s 2018. We’ve got on-demand taxis, drone delivery services and even an “Iron Man” suit that lets you fly. And many of the companies that make these incredible

Background on Most Recent Proposed LCA ChangesOn August 3, 2017, the US Department of Labor (DOL) issued proposed changes to Form ETA 9035, also known as the Labor Condition Application

“Cap season,” the H-1B visa equivalent of “tax season,” is anything but fun for immigration attorneys and in-house immigration specialists across the U.S. We do all we can to

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